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metaphor

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Noun

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

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dead metaphor frozen metaphor metaphor metaphoric metaphorical metaphorically mixed metaphor synesthetic metaphor
Words contain "metaphor" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
frozen metaphor dead metaphor catachresis metaphor synesthetic metaphor bright as a new penny allegory analogical synaesthetic synesthetic more...

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