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what is metaphor definition

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Answered by nice2

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.Here the word of comparasion is absent.It identifies somthing as being the same as some unrelated thing.
Example - ''The snow is a white blanket''

Answered by sanjanashetty30

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.”.
something used, or regarded as being used,to represent something else; emblem;symbol.

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