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centaur

Posted on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 by admin

sen tawr noun in Greek mythology, any of a race of creatures that have the head, arms, and torso of a man and the trunk and legs of a horse.

synecdoche

Posted on March 20, 2015March 16, 2015 by admin

sih nek də ki noun a figure of speech in which one term is used representatively for another by substituting a part for the whole or the specific for the general, or…

onomatopoeia

Posted on March 19, 2015March 17, 2015 by admin

a nə ma tə pi ə the formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as “bang,” “moo,” or “jingle”.

portmanteau word

Posted on March 18, 2015March 17, 2015 by admin

port maen to wuhrd noun a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two other words, such as “smog” from “smoke” and “fog”.    

pun

Posted on March 17, 2015March 16, 2015 by admin

puhn noun an instance or a variety of word play, often for humorous effect, that is based on a similarity in sound of two or more words or on various meanings of…

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