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Noun: heavy syllable
  1. A syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.
    "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel followed by one or more consonants in the same syllable."

Type of: syllable

Encyclopedia: Heavy syllable

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heavy
heavy cream
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy lifting
heavy metal
heavy metal music
heavy particle
heavy spar
heavy swell
heavy syllable
heavy torpedo
heavy water
heavy weapon
heavy whipping cream
heavy-armed
heavy-coated
heavy-duty
heavy-footed
heavy-handed
heavy-handedness