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ACROPHONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acrophony mean?
• ACROPHONY (noun)
The noun ACROPHONY has 1 sense:
1. naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
Familiarity information: ACROPHONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acrophony" is a kind of...):
naming (the verbal act of naming)
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