aerosol
/ˈɛɚ.əˌsɔl/noun
Middle School
1
A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
2
An aerosol can.
3
The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
4
A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing