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metrical foot

noun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

• Syn: ↑foot, ↑metrical unit

• Topics: ↑prosody, ↑metrics

• Hypernyms: ↑meter, ↑metre, ↑measure, ↑beat, ↑cadence

• Hyponyms:

↑dactyl, ↑iamb, ↑iambus, ↑anapest, ↑anapaest, ↑amphibrach, ↑trochee, ↑spondee, ↑pyrrhic, ↑dibrach

Useful english dictionary. 2012.