Octave

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1. Noun

The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

2. Noun

The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.

3. Noun

The whole diatonic scale itself.

4. Noun

The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

5. Noun

A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.

6. Adjective

Consisting of eight; eight.

7. Noun

a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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