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SYLLABLE STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syllable structure mean? 

SYLLABLE STRUCTURE (noun)
  The noun SYLLABLE STRUCTURE has 1 sense:

1. the admissible arrangement of sounds in wordsplay

  Familiarity information: SYLLABLE STRUCTURE used as a noun is very rare.


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SYLLABLE STRUCTURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The admissible arrangement of sounds in words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

morphology; sound structure; syllable structure; word structure

Hypernyms ("syllable structure" is a kind of...):

structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syllable structure"):

affixation (the result of adding an affix to a root word)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Knowledge is power." (English proverb)

"A good man does not take what belongs to someone else." (Native American proverb, Pueblo)

"With a soft tongue you can even pull a snake out of its nest." (Armenian proverb)

"Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old." (Scottish proverb)



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