HyperDic: alliteration

English > 1 sense of the word alliteration:
NOUNcommunicationalliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhymeuse of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
alliteration > pronunciation
Soundsahlih'terey.shahn
RhymesAachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
English > alliteration: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningUse of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
Synonymsinitial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme
Broaderrhyme, rimecorrespondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final / final sounds)
Spanishaliteración
Catalanal·literació
Verbsalliterateuse alliteration as a form of poetry

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