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iambs

iambs is the plural of iamb.

Meaning of iamb

Noun

iamb (plural iambs)

  1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
    Synonyms:
    iambus, jambus

Phrases with iambs

Questions about iambs

What is iambs the plural of?
Iambs is the plural of iamb.

Words near iambs in the dictionary

  1. iambizing
  2. Iamblichean
  3. Iamblichus
  4. iambographer
  5. iambographers
  6. iambs
  7. iambus
  8. iambuses
  9. IAMFI
  10. Iamid
  11. Iamidae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iambs (page history and authors); iamb (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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