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Definition of decasyllable noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

decasyllable

noun

NAmE//ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbl//

(technology)

a line of poetry with ten syllables

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decasyllabic

NAmE//ˌdɛkəsəˈlæbɪk//

adjective a decasyllabic lineSee decasyllable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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