The word is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —

• metaphor n. (Uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning…
• metaphor n. (Countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
• metaphor n. (Countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying…
• metaphor v. (Intransitive) To use a metaphor.
• metaphor v. (Transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

— English word, defined in German —

• metaphor S. Rhetorik: die Metapher.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• metaphor n. Metafoor.

— English word, defined in French —

• metaphor n. Métaphore.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• metaphor s. Metáfora.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• metaphor s. Metafora.

36 English words from 5 English definitions

by␣means␣of comparison concept Countable describe everyday graphical implied interface Intransitive its literal meaning means metaphor object of␣a of␣an other other␣than phrase refer represent rhetoric something such than The Transitive Uncountable underlying use used user user␣interface word

1 English word from 5 foreign definitions

die

5 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Metafoor Metáfora Metapher Métaphore Rhetorik

28 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

metaphore metaphors metaphored metaphoric metaphoreme metaphorick metaphorics metaphoring metaphorise metaphorist metaphorize metaphoremes metaphorical metaphorists metaphorized metaphorizes metaphorician metaphoricity metaphorizing metaphorology metaphorically metaphoricians metaphoricities metaphorisation metaphorization metaphoricalness metaphorisations metaphorizations

23 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unmetaphoric dead␣metaphors demetaphorize nonmetaphoric remetaphorize demetaphorized demetaphorizes mixed␣metaphors remetaphorized remetaphorizes supermetaphors unmetaphorical demetaphorizing hypermetaphoric nonmetaphorical remetaphorizing antimetaphorical nonmetaphoricity unmetaphorically extended␣metaphors hypermetaphorical multimetaphorical conceptual␣metaphors

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

dead␣metaphor mixed␣metaphor supermetaphor extended␣metaphor conceptual␣metaphor

20 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eta ETA hor met Met MET met- met. meta Meta META meta- pho Pho PHO phở -phor tap TAP tapho-

18 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate Atem ATEM HPA OHP pat Pat PAT pate Pate paté pâté Roh ROH TEM

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

prothema

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Armthorpe compareth Manthorpe metamorph metaphore metaphors mouth␣rape protohaem tophamper top-hamper

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

apoherm apothem heptoma mephato Morpeth morphea Patmore phorate pteroma roameth teraohm tera-ohm

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