blank verseˌblank ˈverse noun [uncountable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Shakespeare's blank verse
- Coleridge had developed an apparently relaxed, but in fact extremely clever style of blank verse.
WORD SETS► Literature
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