|  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 (Freq. 3)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 metaphoric, metaphorical
 • Hypernyms:
 trope, figure of speech, figure, image
 • Hyponyms:
 dead metaphor, frozen metaphor, mixed metaphor, synesthetic metaphor
 
 
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