[ sɪ'nɛkdəki ]
■ noun a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in England lost by six wickets (meaning ‘the English cricket team’).
Derivatives
synecdochic adjective
synecdochical adjective
synecdochically adverb
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk sunekdokhē , from sun- 'together' + ekdekhesthai 'take up'.