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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.
synecdochic is an adjective meaning "using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it". It carries one recorded sense.
using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
“to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for synecdochic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.