shakespearean sonnet

Meaning of word shakespearean sonnet from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.

Synonyms : elizabethan sonnet, english sonnet

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.