rope

/ɹəʊp/noun
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1

Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

2

An individual length of such material.

3

A cohesive strand of something.

4

A continuous stream.

5

A hard line drive.

6

A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

7

A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

8

A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.

9

A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.

10

A necklace of at least one meter in length.

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

Consonance

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

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