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tail rhyme

tail rhyme noun: rhyme in which the rhyming lines in each verse are followed by a shorter line; these shorter lines sometimes rhyme with each other.

Noun

tail rhyme (plural tail rhymes)

  1. rhyme in which the rhyming lines in each verse are followed by a shorter line; these shorter lines sometimes rhyme with each other
    Synonyms:
    caudate rhyme

Synonyms of tail rhyme

  • caudate rhyme

Forms of tail rhyme

pluraltail rhymes

Questions about tail rhyme

What does tail rhyme mean?
Tail rhyme means rhyme in which the rhyming lines in each verse are followed by a shorter line; these shorter lines sometimes rhyme with each other.
What part of speech is tail rhyme?
Tail rhyme is a noun.
What is the plural of tail rhyme?
The plural of tail rhyme is tail rhymes.

Words near tail rhyme in the dictionary

  1. tail question
  2. tail questions
  3. tail recursion
  4. tail recursions
  5. tail recursive
  6. tail rhyme
  7. tail rhymes
  8. tail risk
  9. tail risks
  10. tail rotor
  11. tail rotors

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