metaphrand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The meaning or object referred to by a metaphor: thus being that meaning which goes beyond the metaphor's literal meaning; which, having been denoted by the metaphier word or phrase leads to an understood meaning through implicit similarity.

Word forms

metaphrand metaphrands
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