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English noun: metrical foot

1. metrical foot (communication) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm


Synonymsfoot, metrical unit


Broader (hypernym)beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre


Narrower (hyponym)amphibrach, anapaest, anapest, dactyl, dibrach, iamb, iambus, pyrrhic, spondee, trochee


Domain categorymetrics, prosody









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