Synecdoche

A synecdoche is a figure of speech where a thing is referred to by one of its parts.Welsh, Alfred Hux and James Mickleborough Greenwood. (1893). "Metonymy," Studies in English Grammar: A Comprehensive Course for Grammar Schools, High Schools, and Academies, pp. 222-223."Synecdoche" at Rhetoric.byu.edu; retrieved 2012-1-14. Examples include:
"Boots" meaning soldiers.
"Wheels" meaning a car.
"Pen" meaning writing.
"America" for the United States.
"Number 10" for the British Government.
Synecdoche is a form of metonymy, because it refers to its target by using a related term.

Related pages
 Eponym
 Euphemism 
 Metonymy
 Newspeak
 Pun
 Trope

References

Category:Rhetoric
Category:Figures of speech