Dictionary Entry
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia is a 12-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
- 2noun
using words that imitate the sound they denote
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