"imperfect rhyme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imperfect rhymes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} imperfect rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural imperfect rhymes)
  1. (uncountable) A form of rhyme with some sound similarities but not others. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-imperfect_rhyme-en-noun-hVVCznKb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13
  2. (countable) An instance of this form of rhyme. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-imperfect_rhyme-en-noun-LT~VyDCM

Inflected forms

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