Metonymy /(mē̇*tŏn"ĭ*my̆; 277)/

Me·ton·y·my

Metonymy

n.
  1. A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections; a city dweller has no wheels, that is, no automobile. (Rhet.)