any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants:
a word with two syllables * a two-syllable word * 'Potato' is stressed on the second syllable.
IDIOMS see WORDn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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