ALLITERATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does alliteration mean? • ALLITERATION (noun)
The noun ALLITERATION has 1 sense:
1. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Familiarity information: ALLITERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLITERATION (noun)
Meaning:
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
alliteration; beginning rhyme; head rhyme; initial rhyme
Context example:
around the rock the ragged rascal ran
Hypernyms ("alliteration" is a kind of...):
rhyme; rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))
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