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long meters

long meters is the plural of long meter.

Meaning of long meter

Noun

long meter (uncountable)

  1. A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic tetrameter, usually having rhyme in the second and fourth lines.
    • The hymn tune “Old 100th” is written in long meter.
    Synonyms:
    long measure

Questions about long meters

What is long meters the plural of?
Long meters is the plural of long meter.

Words near long meters in the dictionary

  1. long measure
  2. Long Melford
  3. long memories
  4. long memory
  5. long meter
  6. long meters
  7. long mode
  8. long night moon
  9. long night moons
  10. long nine
  11. long nineteenth century

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