Metonymy is the change of one noun for another with which is it associated. I’ll give you a well-known example of metonymy from our culture. You might read in the newspaper or hear on the evening news, “The White House issued a statement today.” Well, the White House is a building. It can’t issue any statements, but “White House” is a phrase that is being substituted for another phrase with which it is associated. In other words, White House is used as a substitution either for the executive branch