TETRAMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetrameter mean? 

• TETRAMETER (noun)
  The noun TETRAMETER has 1 sense:

1. a verse line having four metrical feet

  Familiarity information: TETRAMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRAMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A verse line having four metrical feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tetrameter" is a kind of...):

verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)

Derivation:

tetrametric (of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter)