A Metaphor
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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="1"><span class="css-4x41l7 e10vl5dg6">a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”</span><span class="css-3zyoqz e10vl5dg7">Compare <a class="luna-xref" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/mixed%20metaphor" data-linkid="nn1ov4">mixed metaphor</a>,<a class="luna-xref" href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/simile" data-linkid="nn1ov4">simile<span class="luna-def-number">(def 1)</span></a>.</span></li>
<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="2"><span class="css-4x41l7 e10vl5dg6">something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else</span></li>
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