A conventional metonymy is a metonymy that is commonly used in everyday language in a culture to give structure to some portion of that culture’s conceptual system.
Examples
The understanding of a reference to the face as standing for the whole person.
Example: We need some new faces around here.
The understanding of a reference to the physiological response of increased body heat as standing for anger
Example: Don’t gethot under the collar.
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