English noun: allomorph | |||
1. | allomorph (substance) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | ||
Samples | Calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chemical compound, compound | ||
2. | allomorph (communication) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | ||
Samples | The final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | morpheme | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | morphophoneme | ||