Editing Synecdoche (section)

==Examples==
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===Part referring to whole ''(pars pro toto)''===
* Referring to a person according to a single characteristic: "gray beard" meaning an old man 
* Referring to a sword as a "blade"
* Describing a complete vehicle as "wheels", an entire airplane as a [[private jet]], or a manual transmission vehicle as a "stick"
* Referring to a country's currency by using the common name of a single coin within that currency, such as referring to the [[Canadian Dollar]] as "the [[Loonie]]"

===General class name that denotes a specific member of that or an associated class===
* Referring to a [[species]] of an organism or virus by the name of one of its [[Taxonomic rank|hierarchical groups]], e.g., "[[Coronavirus]] [specifically meaning the [[COVID-19]] virus] is rampant throughout the city."
* Using [[technology]] specifically to refer to [[high technology]] or [[electronic device]]s

===Specific class name referring to general set of associated things{{Dubious|reason=these are metonyms|date=March 2025}}===
* "[[John Hancock]]" (used in the United States), for the signature of any person
* A [[genericized trademark]], for example, "[[Xerox]]" for any variety of duplicate made on a [[photocopier]], "[[Coca-Cola|Coke]]" for any variety of [[cola]] (or for any variety of soft drink, as in the southern United States), "[[Kleenex]]" for facial tissues, "[[Vaseline]]" for petroleum jelly, "[[Band-Aid]]" (in the [[United States]]) for any variety of [[adhesive bandage]], "[[Tide (brand)|Tide]]" ([[United States of America|US]]) for any variety of laundry detergent, "[[The Hoover Company|Hoover]]" ([[UK]]) for any variety of [[vacuum cleaner]], or "[[Styrofoam]]" ([[United States of America|US]]) for any product made of expanded [[polystyrene]].

===Referring to material actually or supposedly used to make something===
* "brass" for [[brass instruments]], or the [[shell casing]]s of bullet [[cartridge (ammunition)|cartridge]]s, or the [[Military awards and decorations|medals]] and stars of high-ranking [[military officer]]s
* "lead" for [[bullet]]s, lead being the most common material for making bullets, or for the [[graphite]] core of a pencil
* "vinyl" for [[phonograph record]]s
* "cement" for [[concrete]], cement being just the binder in concrete

===Container refers to its contents===
* "barrel" for a barrel of oil, or the equivalent volume of a standard barrel
* "keg" for a keg of beer
* "She drank the cup", to refer to her drinking of the cup's contents