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pentameter

noun

/pɛnˈtæmɪtər/

Meaning

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

Shakespeare often wrote his plays in iambic pentameter.

verse line, poetic meter, iambic line, rhythm line

prose, free verse

iambic pentameter, write in pentameter, lines of pentameter

a framework or structure for holding or storing things

a large plant with a trunk, branches, and leaves

a strong desire to achieve something; ambition

a person who believes in or promotes the absence of government or authority

a person who attacks and robs ships at sea; someone who illegally copies or uses another's work

a small amphibian with a long tail that lives both in water and on land