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metaphor
/ˈmɛtəfə,ˈmɛtəfɔː/
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"
   

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   0	synonyms:	figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture; literaryconceit

   • 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"