1. plural of metaphor; figures of speech that describe something by comparing it to something else without using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Examples

• The poet used several metaphors to describe love as a journey.
• Her speech was full of metaphors comparing life to a game.
• Students struggled to identify the metaphors in the complex poem.
• The teacher explained how metaphors make writing more vivid and interesting.
• Mixed metaphors can confuse readers when they don’t work well together.
• Shakespeare’s plays contain some of the most famous metaphors in English literature.