synecdochic
/,sɪnɪk'dɑkɪk/
adjective
11 letters4 syllables24 points in Scrabble®26 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
ADJECTIVE
1
Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it.
“to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech”
WORD FORMS
Related formsynecdoche
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®24 points
Words With Friends®26 points
Double word48 points
Triple word72 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinecdochicsynay
Starts & ends withS … C
Syllablessyn · ec · doch · ic
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