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1) (of words and language) used not in the true sense but in an imaginative way to produce a stringer effect (figurative)

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Meaning:
beam

a long piece of wood etc used in building etc

length of material used as support

correspondent

a person with whom one exchanges letters

person communicating in writing

journalist

a professional person who works in journalism

person who writes about factual events for a living

lintel

a horizontal piece of wood or stone forming the top of the frame of a door or window

length of material used as support

rafter

one of the sloping beams of a roof

beam

writer

a person who writes; an author

person who composes with language

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