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rhyme

Rhyme is a poem composed of lines with similar ending sounds. (noun)

An example of rhyme is the children's poem "Hickory Dickory Dock."

Rhyme is to speak in words or phrases with the same ending sound or to create a written piece out of such phrases. (verb)

  1. An example of rhyme is to say the words "bike" and "like."
  2. An example of rhyme is what William Blake did when he wrote "The Lamb."

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See rhyme in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See rhyme in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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