Synecdoche

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 * Definition:: A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made, and similar.**


 * Origin::From Latin sunekdokhe, receiving together **


 * See also:: metaphor **

Definition taken from Wiktionary.org


 * Examples ** from text:

1). "She was of marble" He was talking about a statue and making that know by saying the material she was made of.

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(Zachary Griffith)