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allomorph

/'ælə,mɔrf/

Synonyms of allomorph Antonyms of allomorph Examples of allomorph Usage of allomorph Parts of allomorph Definition that contains allomorph Words sounding like allomorph Explanation of allomorph

noun
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
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"calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"

type of:
chemical compound compound
noun
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
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"the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"

type of:
morpheme

Examples of allomorph

"calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
"the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"