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Word: metaphor
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Meaning:
Noun:
- countable The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.
- uncountable figure of speech The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn?t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words ''like'' or ''as'', which would imply a simile.
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