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Noun: metaphor  'me-tu,for
  1. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
    "Shakespeare uses metaphor to express the ominous and unsettled feelings which Hamlet experiences"

Derived forms: metaphors

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Metaphor

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