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   metaphor

   /ˈmɛtəfə/

   noun

   • 1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable: "when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor"
   • ▪ a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else: "the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein ‘to transfer’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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