dead metaphor
NOUN
13 LETTERS · STARTS WITH D
dead metaphor is a valid 13-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1A1D2M3E1T1A1P3H4O1R1
2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does dead metaphor mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake').
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