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imperfect rhyme

imperfect rhyme noun: a form of rhyme with some sound similarities but not others.

Noun

imperfect rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural imperfect rhymes)

  1. (uncountable) A form of rhyme with some sound similarities but not others.
  2. (countable) An instance of this form of rhyme.

Antonyms of imperfect rhyme

Forms of imperfect rhyme

pluralimperfect rhymes

Questions about imperfect rhyme

What does imperfect rhyme mean?
Imperfect rhyme means a form of rhyme with some sound similarities but not others.
What part of speech is imperfect rhyme?
Imperfect rhyme is a noun.
What is the plural of imperfect rhyme?
The plural of imperfect rhyme is imperfect rhymes.

Words near imperfect rhyme in the dictionary

  1. imperfect authentic cadence
  2. imperfect fungi
  3. imperfect indicative
  4. imperfect indicatives
  5. imperfect number
  6. imperfect rhyme
  7. imperfect rhymes
  8. imperfect subjunctive
  9. imperfect subjunctives
  10. imperfect tense
  11. imperfect tenses

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