- noun
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- combination of sounds in a word that imitates or suggests what the word refers to eg hiss, cuckoo, thud [Barron]
More word meanings for onomatopoeia
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- Wiktionary:
- onomatopoeia @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- onomatopoeia @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- onomatopoeia @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- onomatopoeia @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- onomatopoeia @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- onomatopoeia @ Answers.com
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- Google define:onomatopoeia
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