couplet
noun
cou·plet ˈkə-plət 
1
: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance : distich
She ended her poem with a rhyming couplet.
2
: couple
Synonyms
- brace
- couple
- duo
- dyad
- pair
- twain
- twosome
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Example Sentences
a poem made up of six couplets a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church
Recent Examples on the Web This is followed by a couplet of dip support knee tucks and pushups, and a final 10 cals on the bike. 
Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022 This #GOESEast Visible/Water Vapor couplet reveals the westerly wind shear that has been inhibiting #Earl - until today. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 The elder was singing something in his dull cave, a soft, indecipherable couplet. Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Even though each couplet ends with the same word, the rhymes occur on every other line. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022 The couplet, and the razor-wire guitar riff around it, serve as an abrupt introduction into Lovato’s new era. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 10 June 2022 Indeed, around the same time, Auden wrote a famous haiku, and Frank Loesser a famous couplet, about the binding drink of the era, the Martini. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 There was limited road access, so the path and end point of the tornado were estimated by the radar debris signature and the velocity couplet, the weather service said. Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Apr. 2022 For every couplet about facing eviction as a youth while his mother battled alcoholism, there are dozens about his rapid come-up and fractured relationships with women. Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021 See More
Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022 This #GOESEast Visible/Water Vapor couplet reveals the westerly wind shear that has been inhibiting #Earl - until today. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 The elder was singing something in his dull cave, a soft, indecipherable couplet. Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Even though each couplet ends with the same word, the rhymes occur on every other line. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022 The couplet, and the razor-wire guitar riff around it, serve as an abrupt introduction into Lovato’s new era. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 10 June 2022 Indeed, around the same time, Auden wrote a famous haiku, and Frank Loesser a famous couplet, about the binding drink of the era, the Martini. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 There was limited road access, so the path and end point of the tornado were estimated by the radar debris signature and the velocity couplet, the weather service said. Leigh Morgan, al, 2 Apr. 2022 For every couplet about facing eviction as a youth while his mother battled alcoholism, there are dozens about his rapid come-up and fractured relationships with women. Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle French, diminutive of Old French cuple, couple — see couple entry 1
First Known Use
1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing couplet
Kids Definition
couplet
noun
cou·plet ˈkə-plət
: two rhyming lines of verse one after another
"The butcher, the baker,/The candlestick maker" is an example of a couplet.
couplets
noun
as in pairs
two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church Synonyms & Similar Words
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