syn·ec·do·che səˈnekdəkē/ (noun) a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cle

syn·ec·do·che səˈnekdəkē/ (noun) a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).