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synecdochic
adjective
Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the…
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adjective
Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; 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 sails’ for ‘ten ships’ or ‘steel’ for ‘sword’ is to use a synecdochic figure of speech”
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To use ‘hand’ for ‘worker’ or ‘ten sails’ for ‘ten ships’ or ‘steel’ for ‘sword’ is to use a synecdochic figure of speech
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