cotta

noun
High School
1

A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.

2

A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Rhymes

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Alliteration

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Assonance

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Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing

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