Beat and Metrical foot

Beat

Beat noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Metrical foot and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Metrical foot" with "Beat", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Metrical foot

Metrical foot noun - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.
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Beat and metrical foot are semantically related. You can use "Beat" instead a noun phrase "Metrical foot".
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