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Noun: figure of speech
  1. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    - trope, figure, image

Derived forms: figures of speech

Type of: rhetorical device

Encyclopedia: Figure of speech

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figurant
figurante
figuration
figurative
figuratively
figure
figure eight
figure loom
figure of eight
figure of merit
figure of speech
figure out
figure skate
figure skater
figure skating
figured
figured bass
figured-fabric loom
figurehead
figurer
figurine