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Meaning of half rhyme | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A form of imperfect rhyme in which the final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound, but the vowels of the stressed syllables are not.
uncountable
An instance of this form of rhyme.
countable

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

half shaft half shell half sib half sibling half sister half sister-in-law