Stave-rhyme Definition

noun

(countable) A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.

The poem is littered with stave-rhymes like "start, stop".

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(usually uncountable) This kind of rhyme.

The poem exhibits stave-rhyme.

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Alternative form of stave-rhyme.

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verb

To exhibit this kind of rhyme.

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Other Word Forms of Stave-rhyme

Singular:

stave-rhyme

Plural:

stave (in reference to the stem of a word, its onset) + rhyme, possibly a calque of a Germanic term

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