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    ACROSTIC

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or messageplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("acrostic" is a kind of...):

    literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as acrossplay

    Synonyms:

    acrostic; word square

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("acrostic" is a kind of...):

    mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution)

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