stave-rhyme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A (stressed) word that rhymes with another, in that it begins with the same consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel.
This kind of rhyme.

verb

/steɪv.ɹaɪm/

stave-rhyme stave-rhymes stave rhyme staff-rhyme staff rhyme stave-rhyming stave-rhymed

Most likely a calque of a Germanic term, such as German Stabreim or Danish stavrim.

alliteration alliterate

stave end rhyme

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