Syn-ĕc'do-che, n.

n. [Fr. synecdoche, synecdogue, Lat. synecdoche, Gr. συνεκδοχή, from συνεκδέχεσθαι, to receive jointly, from σύν, with, and ἐκδέχεσθαι, to receive.] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which the whole of a thing is put for a part, or a part for the whole, the genus for the species, or the species for the genus, and the like.