Couplet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Couplet \Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See
     {Couple}, n. ]
     Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of
     verse that rhyme with each other.
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           A sudden couplet rushes on your mind.    --Crabbe.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  couplet
       n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {pair}, {twosome},
             {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {distich}, {duo}, {duet},
             {dyad}, {duad}]
       2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse;
          usually rhymed

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "couplet":
     Spenserian stanza, antistrophe, book, both, brace, burden, canto,
     chorus, couple, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duet, duo,
     dyad, envoi, epode, heptastich, hexastich, line, match, mates,
     measure, monostich, octastich, octave, octet, ottava rima, pair,
     pentastich, quatrain, refrain, rhyme royal, septet, sestet,
     set of two, sextet, span, stanza, stave, strain, strophe, syllable,
     team, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, the two, triplet, tristich,
     twain, two, twosome, verse, yoke