metaphrand

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noun

The meaning or object referred to by a metaphor: thus being that meaning which goes beyond the metaphor's literal meaning; which, having been denoted by the metaphier word or phrase leads to an understood meaning through implicit similarity.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmetaphrand (countable and uncountable, plural metaphrands)

plural metaphrands

  1. countableuncountableThe meaning or object referred to by a metaphor: thus being that meaning which goes beyond the metaphor's literal meaning; which, having been denoted by the metaphier word or phrase leads to an understood meaning through implicit similarity.
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APA

metaphrand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphrand

MLA

“metaphrand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphrand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metaphrand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaphrand.

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