SYNECDOCHE

noun see: ex- Date: 15th century a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships ), the whole for a part (as society for high society ), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin ), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man ), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage ), synecdochic adjective synecdochical adjective synecdochically adverb