SYNECDOCHIC
Scrabble letter values: S1Y4N1E1C3D2O1C3H4I1C3 = 24
Definition
- adjective using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part. — synonyms: synecdochical
Examples
- “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”