DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
metaphor
/'mɛtə,fɔr/ · mɛtəfɔr
Metaphor has 3 syllables: met · a · phor.
met
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a
02
phor
03
noun. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
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