Term: metaphor: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Candidate hypernym: expressive style: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period → 1
Candidate hypernym: highbinder: a corrupt politician → 0
Candidate hypernym: dessiatine: a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres → 0
Candidate hypernym: water wings: a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim → 0
Candidate hypernym: zwieback: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp → 0
Candidate hypernym: electric heater: a small electric space heater → 0
Candidate hypernym: salad fork: a fork intended for eating salads → 0
Candidate hypernym: game: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win → 0
Candidate hypernym: male orgasm: an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen → 0
Candidate hypernym: souring: the process of becoming sour → 0
Candidate hypernym: lasagna: very wide flat strips of pasta → 0