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A`croph´o`ny

n.

1.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

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acrophony - naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter

naming - the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

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