# Metonym | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg/320px-The_Pentagon_US_Department_of_Defense_building.jpg) | **Metonym**y is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Metonymy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy) |