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syllable: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"

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monosyllable collapse: a word or utterance of one syllable

polysyllable collapse: a word of more than three syllables

quatrain collapse: a stanza of four lines

strophe collapse: one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama

lexeme collapse: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

couplet collapse: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed

stanza collapse: a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

diphthong collapse: a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

phoneme collapse: (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

spell out collapse: make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands"; spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?"

canto collapse: a major division of a long poem; the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

sonority collapse

write out collapse: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"; put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

locution collapse

vocable collapse: a word that is spoken aloud

pharyngeal collapse: of or relating to the throat; "pharyngeal fricatives"

palatal collapse: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'); produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin'); relating to or lying near the palate; "palatal index"; "the palatine tonsils"

bilabial collapse: a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/; of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips; "bilabial fricatives"

glottal collapse: of or relating to or produced by the glottis; "glottal stops"

vowel collapse: a speech sound made with the vocal tract open; a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel

septet collapse: a musical composition written for seven performers; seven people considered as a unit; a set of seven similar things considered as a unit; seven performers or singers who perform together

utterance collapse: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

labial collapse: relating to or near the female labium; of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops"

sonant collapse: a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

phone collapse: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

triplet collapse: one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

particle collapse: a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs; a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

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