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
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: prohibition: a decree that prohibits something
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: talk: discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: even spacing: regularity of spacing
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: acquaintance: a relationship less intimate than friendship
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: muscular dystrophy: any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: savings bank: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: protein molecule: any large molecule containing chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: psidium: guavas
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: final: the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: bundle: a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing