couplet

Plural: couplets

Noun

• Two successive lines of verse, typically rhyming.
• two items of the same kind
• a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed
• A set of two things, particularly.
• A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
• A set of two things, particularly.
• A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.
• A set of two things, particularly.
• A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.

Examples

• 5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.
• His Scrabble play of COUPLET felt poetic, perfectly aligning two short words for points.

Synonyms

brace, couple, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke, one-way pair