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English noun: alliteration

1. alliteration (communication) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse


SamplesAround the rock the ragged rascal ran.


Synonymsbeginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme


Broader (hypernym)rhyme, rime









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