Axe

name
Elementary
1

A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.

2

A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

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Alliteration

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Consonance

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