sen tawr noun in Greek mythology, any of a race of creatures that have the head, arms, and torso of a man and the trunk and legs of a horse.
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synecdoche
sih nek də ki noun a figure of speech in which one term is used representatively for another by substituting a part for the whole or the specific for the general, or…
onomatopoeia
a nə ma tə pi ə the formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as “bang,” “moo,” or “jingle”.
portmanteau word
port maen to wuhrd noun a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two other words, such as “smog” from “smoke” and “fog”.
pun
puhn noun an instance or a variety of word play, often for humorous effect, that is based on a similarity in sound of two or more words or on various meanings of…