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closed syllables

closed syllables is the plural of closed syllable.

Meaning of closed syllable

Noun

closed syllable (plural closed syllables)

  1. A syllable that ends in a stop consonant (such as /p/, /t/, /k/) or a glottal stop, forcing the vowel to be short and abrupt.
    Antonyms:
    open syllable

Questions about closed syllables

What is closed syllables the plural of?
Closed syllables is the plural of closed syllable.

Words near closed syllables in the dictionary

  1. closed shop
  2. closed shops
  3. closed source
  4. closed species
  5. closed syllable
  6. closed syllables
  7. closed system
  8. closed systems
  9. closed the barn door after the horse had bolted
  10. closed the book on
  11. closed the books

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closed syllables (page history and authors); closed syllable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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