Metaphor

Metaphor

metaphor

Pronunciation:/ˈmɛtəfə, -fɔː/

noun

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable:when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor [mass noun] :her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor

a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else:the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering

Derivative


metaphoric
Pronunciation:/-ˈfɒrɪk/
adjective