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AMPHIBRACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amphibrach mean?
• AMPHIBRACH (noun)
The noun AMPHIBRACH has 1 sense:
1. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember')
Familiarity information: AMPHIBRACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amphibrach" is a kind of...):
foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)
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