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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
metaphoric is an adjective meaning "expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another". It carries one recorded sense.
expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
“a metaphorical expression”
“metaphoric language”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for metaphoric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.