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Definition of "monosyllable" [mon•o•syl•la•ble]

  • A word or an utterance of one syllable. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "monosyllable" in a sentence
  • "The monosyllable is short, sounds well, and is understood by all denominations of Christians."
  • "As Nicolson argues, "face" is a simple, plain English monosyllable, but it also has a resonant double meaning."
  • "A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable, as just; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable, as just'ice; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable, as just'i-fy; a word of more than three syllables, a polysyllable, as just-ca'tion."