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brace
Any of various devices for supporting a weak or malformed part of the body: often intended for permanent use in contrast to a splint or cast
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  1. Any of various devices for supporting a weak or malformed part of the body: often intended for permanent use in contrast to a splint or cast
  2. A cranklike handle with an adjustable aperture at one end for securing and turning a bit.
  3. (Music) A vertical line, usually accompanied by the symbol {, connecting two or more staffs.
couple
Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
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  1. Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
  2. (Informal) A few; several:
  3. Two items of the same kind; a pair.
doublet
A pair of thrown dice with identical sides uppermost
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  1. A pair of thrown dice with identical sides uppermost
  2. A pair; couple
  3. An imitation gem composed of two parts, as of an inferior stone layered beneath a precious gem.
duet
A pair.
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  1. A pair.
  2. A performance involving two voices or instruments
duo
An unincorporated community in West Virginia
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  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia
  2. A pair; couple
  3. The two performers of a duet, or any two musicians playing together
match
A person, group, or thing able to cope with or oppose another as an equal in power, size, etc.
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  1. A person, group, or thing able to cope with or oppose another as an equal in power, size, etc.
  2. Two or more persons or things that go together in appearance, size, or other quality
  3. A contest or game involving two or more contestants; specif., a series of usually three sets in tennis
pair
(Chemistry) An electron pair.
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  1. (Chemistry) An electron pair.
  2. (Chiefly Dial.) A set or series
  3. Two mated animals
two
The second in a set or sequence.
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  1. The second in a set or sequence.
  2. The cardinal number between one and three; 2; II
  3. Something numbered two or having two units, as a playing card, domino, face of a die, etc.
twosome
The players
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  1. The players
  2. A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
yoke
A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.
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  1. A pair of draft animals, such as oxen, joined by a yoke.
  2. A frame fitting over the shoulders for carrying pails, etc., one on either end
  3. (Elec.) A piece of magnetic material, without windings, that permanently connects two or more magnet cores
Find another word for couplet. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for couplet, like: brace, couple, doublet, duet, duo, match, pair, two, twosome, yoke and group.

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  • His handling of the elegiac couplet, and especially of its second line, deserves especial recognition.

  • The children's book contained a short couplet on each page.

  • With regard to the form of the poem, Rutilius handles the elegiac couplet with great metrical purity and freedom, and betrays many signs of long study in the elegiac poetry of the Augustan era.

  • A couplet does not have to rhyme, but poetry is more entertaining to children when rhymes are used.

  • A fanciful explanation of his lameness is that it alludes to the elegiac couplet, one verse of which is shorter than the other.

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