English-Finnish translations for metaphor

• metafora
  Tämä mosaiikkimainen kaupunki oli ja siitä voi uudestaan tulla elävä metafora Euroopasta. This mosaic-like city was and can once more become the living metaphor for Europe.

Definition of metaphor

• The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described ; the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison
• The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks
• To use a metaphor

Examples

• desktop metaphor; wastebasket metaphor

Related words

• metaphorical
• metaphorically
• metaphoric
• metaphoricity
• metaphorize
• metaphorise
• antimetaphorical
• metaphorology
• extended metaphor