Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Figure of speech (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TROPE
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Notes
The answer TROPE is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.
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Metaphor, for one
Figurative device
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Metaphor, literarily
Rhetorical device
Simile, e.g.
Simile or metaphor
Synecdoche, e.g.
Figurative use of a word
Metaphor or irony, e.g.
Definition
TROPE as a noun:
1. (trope, figure of speech, figure, image) = language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense