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Definition of alliteration

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

Similar Words: initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme

Derivational Morphology: alliterate

Anagrams: toilet-train

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