Term: zeugma: use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: edaphosauridae: a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: justice of the peace: a local magistrate with limited powers
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: telegraph: apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: type species: (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: hook: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: center of gravity: the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: stock option: a benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: batwing: one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: diver: someone who dives (into water)
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: detraction: the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)