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end rhymes

end rhymes is the plural of end rhyme.

Meaning of end rhyme

Noun

end rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural end rhymes)

  1. (often, uncountable) The form of rhyme (rhyming) which uses sameness of sound of the last words of lines from the vowels in their stressed syllables to their ends.
  2. (countable) A word that rhymes with another in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
    • In this poem, the words defense/tense, know/go, and Spain/Maine are end-rhymes.1993, Elements of Literature, page 875

Questions about end rhymes

What is end rhymes the plural of?
End rhymes is the plural of end rhyme.

Words near end rhymes in the dictionary

  1. end products
  2. end quote
  3. end result
  4. end results
  5. end rhyme
  6. end rhymes
  7. end run
  8. end runs
  9. end scene
  10. end scraper
  11. end screen

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