Synecdoche is a special kind of metonymy in which a thing is names after its part or, vice versa, a part is denoted by the whole thing. It is used to avoid repetition or to enrich poetic imagery....
The term "synecdoche" is a type of figure of speech. It can mean to use a word for a part as a whole, or an item as a substitute for an entire group, or to represent an object by its function. This...
Synecdoche is a special kind of metonymy in which a thing is names after its part or, vice versa, a part is denoted by the whole thing. It is used to avoid repetition or to enrich poetic imagery....