metaphor

(eg. house, summary, solace )

metaphor  /ˈmɛ tə fɔr/ ? Meaning of "metaphor"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) 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

Derived Word(s)

metaphorical

Usage(s):

  1. The story of Sonia Gandhi, 61, is remarkable at every level, and the fairy-tale metaphor barely begins to scratch the surface of its extraordinariness.
  2. Don Listwin remembers the day in November 2000 when his company's bloodletting went from metaphor to messy reality.
  3. The Japanese monster movies of the 1950s were one pop metaphor from the only people to have been the targets of an atom bomb.
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