triad
/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/noun
High School
1
A grouping of three.
2
A word of three syllables.
3
A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
4
On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
5
A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.
Thesaurus
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