Metonymically

This page gathers the 194 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Metonymically” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 1 of 2: from “-graph” to “liner lock”.

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2. 2WD noun A two-wheel drive vehicle.
3. 4WD noun A four-wheel drive vehicle.
4. 911 noun Emergency services; emergency service personnel.
5. algorithm noun software that makes content display determinations on a platform, in totality of effect upon all end users (within a potential audience).
6. alphabet soup noun A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.
7. analgesia noun A medication that performs this action: one that relieves pain.
8. anesthesia noun A medication that provides the service of temporarily blocking sensation.
9. animegao noun The anime-style mask used in these costumes.
10. AOE noun A weapon, item or ability that affects an area or multiple entities instead of one target.
11. arse noun A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's…
12. ball noun An apparatus program with a ball.
13. ballot box noun The process or method of voting.
14. bar noun Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
15. bar stool noun The male-dominated milieu typically associated with bars, in particular sports bars.
16. battery noun The energy stored in such a device.
17. blade noun A sword or knife.
18. blazonry noun A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.
19. boots on the ground noun The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.
20. brass noun High-ranking officers: the brass hats.
21. brick veneer noun A building with such a veneer.
22. bump noun The faculty itself.
23. butt noun Body; self.
24. button lock noun A knife or other tool with such a lock.
25. carbohydrate noun Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
26. catarrh noun Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.
27. CD noun An album; a collection of musical recordings (or, occasionally, other audio such as spoken word).
28. cellar door noun The part of a winery from which wine may be sampled or purchased.
29. CFNF noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
30. CFNM noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
31. chainfall noun A hoist of the type that provides a hanging chain: a chainfall hoist.
32. chat noun The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
33. Chekist noun A national security official of the KGB, FSB or any of the security services of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation.
34. city hall noun The city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general.
35. clubs noun An apparatus program with clubs.
36. CMNF noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
37. coinsurance noun The amount paid by the insured in accordance with this risk sharing.
38. comedy and tragedy noun The sock and buskin.
39. content noun A member who votes in assent.
40. coronavirus noun An illness caused by a coronavirus.
41. coryza noun Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.
42. couch noun Psychotherapy.
43. council noun A local authority.
44. covenstead noun A Wiccan congregation.
45. cowl noun A monk.
46. crown noun The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
47. cunny noun Lolicon-themed media, especially when erotic (hentai).
48. cyclorama noun A building or room designed to show this image.
49. database noun A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
50. dime bag noun Ten dollars' worth (usually one gram) of marijuana.
51. dirty laundry noun A clothes hamper or other container in which soiled laundry is placed.
52. dish noun A specific type of prepared food.
53. door noun A building with a door, especially a house.
54. door to door adv From one household or business to the next.
55. drink verb To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
56. dyshemoglobinemia noun Any of the various disorders or diseases that comprise this feature.
57. earth noun The people on the globe.
58. ENF noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
59. ENM noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
60. EUF noun Pornography depicting such a situation.
61. eyes on the ground noun Gaze aimed at the ground.
62. faith noun A religious or spiritual belief system.
63. field noun All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
64. font noun A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
65. fork noun One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
66. four-on-the-floor noun A vehicle with such a transmission.
67. four-wheel drive noun A vehicle with this arrangement.
68. frame lock noun A knife or other tool with such a lock.
69. fuel injection noun The equipment to achieve this delivery: a fuel injection system.
70. gage noun A drink.
71. gallery noun The spectators at an event, collectively.
72. gavel noun The beginning or end of legal proceedings.
73. gigawatt noun The amount of data center capacity or amount of compute that this amount of power can provide under the current technological state of the…
74. gigawatt-hour noun A measure of the amount of equipment that produces, consumes, transmits, or stores this amount of energy.
75. glass noun The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
76. gown noun The university community, especially as contrasted with the local populace.
77. greek noun Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
78. gun noun A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the…
79. hammer and sickle noun Socialism or communism itself.
80. handbag verb To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
81. hashtag noun The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
82. hate noun Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
83. hateful adj Bigoted.
84. HDB noun Synonym of HDB block; a public housing building or apartment block built by the Housing and Development Board.
85. head noun Mind; one's own thoughts.
86. hide noun One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
87. hindquarter noun Human behind, butt.
88. hookworm noun Infection with one of these parasites.
89. hoop noun The game of basketball.
90. housekeeping noun Those workers of an establishment who maintain a house through cleaning, etc.
91. human hand noun The collective industriousness of humanity.
92. hype noun A drug addict.
93. IP noun An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
94. jar noun A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
95. jib noun A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
96. JOI noun Pornography depicting such.
97. karung guni noun A traditional scrap dealer or rag-and-bone man who visits residential zones to collect unwanted items.
98. kitchen sink noun In chained or tied to the kitchen sink, etc.: domestic chores or housework, especially when regarded as menial and tedious.
99. lexeme noun The set itself; a lexemic family.
100. liner lock noun A knife or other tool with such a lock.

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