Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Metonymy
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Mood
Lieben
Idiom
Amatol
Nearby Words
metical
meticorten
meticulosity
meticulous
metis
metisse
metmb
metmyoglobin
meto
meto'nymic
meto'nymically
metoche
metoclopramide
metoestrous
metoestrus
metol
metolazone
metonic
metonic cycle
metonic-cycle
metonym
metonymic
metonymical
metonymy
metoo
metooism
metooist
metope
metopic
metopic suture
metopion
metopomancy
metopon
metopoplasty
metoposcopic
metoposcopist
metoposcopy
metoprolol
metoprolol tart...
metosteon
metoxeny
metonym
[
met
-
uh
-nim
]
Origin
met·o·nym
/
ˈmɛt
ə
nɪm
/
Show Spelled
[
met
-
uh
-nim
]
Show IPA
noun
a
word
used in
metonymy
.
Origin:
1830–40;
back formation from
metonymy
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
metonym
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Metonym
is always a great word to know.
So is
gobo
. Does it mean:
So is
quincunx
. Does it mean:
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
metonym
(ˈmɛtənɪm)
—
n
a word used in a metonymy. For example
the bottle
is a metonym for
alcoholic drink
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
metonym
1837; see
metonymy
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Metonym
People who can define
Metonym
may know
12,513
words.
How many words do you know?
Remove ads like these. Upgrade now!
Related Words
heaven
synonym
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."
-Catherine Drinker Bowen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT