Synecdoche Examples: Part Referring to a Whole
| Synecdoche | Meaning |
| Jack got some new wheels! | Jack got a new car. |
| Do a quick headcount and see who's missing. | Do a quick count of the number of people here and see who's missing. |
| I can't wait to get back out on the waves. | I can't wait to get back out on the ocean. |
For example, "The captain commands one hundred sails" is a synecdoche that uses "sails" to refer to ships—ships being the thing of which a sail is a part. A ... Synecdoche Definition · Synecdoche Examples |
14 мар. 2023 г. · The phrase “hired helping hands” is synecdoche because hands stand in for a worker's body, and hands are a portion of the body. On the other ... |
4 мар. 2024 г. · An example of synecdoche would be to say “the wheels on the bus go round and round.” In this case, “wheels” is used to represent the entire bus. |
28 окт. 2024 г. · Here are some examples of synecdoche: the word hand in "offer your hand in marriage"; mouths in "hungry mouths to feed"; and wheels referring to ... |
'Faces' here is a term used to refer to a lot of people and is an example of synecdoche. This is because 'faces' just seem to be a part of the body but used ... |
A classic example of synecdoche is the use of the term hands to mean “workers” (as in “all hands on deck”), or the noun sails to mean “ships.” Synecdoche is ... |
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