rhyming couplet

  • 1couplet — n. a rhyming couplet * * * [ kʌplɪt] a rhyming couplet …

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  • 2couplet — UK [ˈkʌplət] / US noun [countable] Word forms couplet : singular couplet plural couplets literature two lines of poetry that are next to each other a rhyming couplet …

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  • 3couplet — cou|plet [ kʌplət ] noun count two lines of poetry that are next to each other: a rhyming couplet …

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  • 4couplet — ► NOUN ▪ a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length …

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  • 5Couplet — For other uses, see Couplet (disambiguation). A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. While traditionally couplets rhyme, not all do. A poem may use white space to mark …

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  • 6couplet — /kup lit/, n. 1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. 2. a pair; couple. 3. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain. [1570 80; < MF; see&#8230; …

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  • 7couplet — [[t]kʌ̱plɪt[/t]] couplets N COUNT A couplet is two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length. ...rhyming couplets …

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  • 8couplet — noun In poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words …

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  • 9couplet — coup|let [ˈkʌplıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Old French cople; COUPLE1] two lines of poetry, one following the other, that are the same length ▪ rhyming couplets …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10couplet — cou·plet || kÊŒplɪt n. two rhyming lines of verse (Poetry) …

    English contemporary dictionary