SYNECDOCHICAL
\sˌa͡ɪnɪkdˈɒkɪkə͡l], \sˌaɪnɪkdˈɒkɪkəl], \s_ˌaɪ_n_ɪ_k_d_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of SYNECDOCHICAL
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using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech"
By Princeton University
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Expressed by or implying synecdoche.
By Daniel Lyons
