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Webster 1913 Edition
Couplet
Coup′let
(-l?t)
, Noun.
Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
A sudden
couplet
rushes on your mind. Crabbe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Couplet
COUPLET
,Noun.
1.
Two verses; a pair of rhymes.2.
A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number or equal measure of verse is found in each part, called a strophe.3.
A pair; as a couplet of doves. [Not used.]Definition 2024
couplet
couplet
English
Noun
couplet (plural couplets)
- (literature) A pair of lines with rhyming end words.
- A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
- 5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles
Synonyms
- (streets): one-way pair
Translations
in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cou‧plet
Noun
couplet n (plural coupletten, diminutive coupletje n)
- verse of a song