[U] (technical) the use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in sing a song of sixpence
alliterative adjective
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for alliteration is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is alliteration a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, alliteration is tagged as noun.
Does alliteration appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — alliteration appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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