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near minimal pair

near minimal pair is the alternative form of near-minimal pair.

Meaning of near-minimal pair

Noun

near-minimal pair (plural near-minimal pairs)

  1. A pair of words differing by a few (but more than one) phonetic segments or suprasegments, used to suggest a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme may be valid.

Forms of near minimal pair

pluralnear minimal pairs

Questions about near minimal pair

What is near minimal pair the alternative form of?
Near minimal pair is the alternative form of near-minimal pair.

Words near near minimal pair in the dictionary

  1. near gale
  2. near gales
  3. near infrared
  4. Near Islands
  5. near letter-quality
  6. near minimal pair
  7. near minimal pairs
  8. near miss
  9. near misses
  10. near money
  11. near ox

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