synecdochenoun [ C or U ]
/sɪˈnek.də.ki//sɪˈnek.də.ki/specializeda word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it, for example "a pair of hands" for "a worker", or the whole of something is used to refer to a part, for example "the law" for "a police officer"
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Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- dialect
- enunciate
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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