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onomatopoeia English

Meaning onomatopoeia meaning

What does onomatopoeia mean?

Definitions in simple English

— Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like a natural sound, such as woof, click, buzz, crackle, bang, boom, moo, crash, shh and squelch.

— noun using words that imitate the sound they denote

What other words have the same or similar meaning as onomatopoeia?

such as imitative harmony crack clang alliteration