'Metonymic' definitions:
Definition of 'metonymic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works" [syn: metonymic, metonymical]
Definition of 'Metonymic'
From: GCIDE
- Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]