m 3 e 1 t 1 a 1 p 3 h 4 o 1 r 1
8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
originFrom Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- apothem 14
- hamper 13
- phorate 12
- teraohm 12
- morph 12
- mother 11
- pother 11
- tephra 11
- teraph 11
- thorpe 11
- threap 11
- hemp 11