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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 seabird with webbed feet, long wings, and usually white and gray feathers

a course of action; often used for a legal process or event

a person actively engaged in a profession, especially medicine or law

the quality of being very serious or harsh

a tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood; a helicopter

The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.