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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'metaphor' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions metaphor noun  (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, and without the words "like" or "as". (countable) The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison. Translations:  Dutch: metafoor French: métaphore(fr)f German: Metapher(de)f Italian: metafora(it)f Etymology: From the and metaphora (polytonic, ) (a transfer), the transferring of the meaning of one word to another word.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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