ALLOMORPH
Scrabble letter values: A1L1L1O1M3O1R1P3H4 = 16
Definition
- noun any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound.
- noun a variant phonological representation of a morpheme.
Examples
- “calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite”
- “the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme”