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"the word `pocket' has two syllables"nouna unit of spoken language larger than a phonemetype of:part of:
Definition that contains syllable
- do the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- so the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
- long (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
- light (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- drop omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- short of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- la the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- foot (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- ray the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- older advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)