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Reveal

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A reveal is the side surface between a wall face and a recessed window or door. It can represent depth disclosed at an opening.

Detailed Definition
The reveal gives thickness to a doorway or window, showing that an opening is not merely a flat absence in a wall. In poetry, it can name the depth suddenly visible around a memory, question, or encounter. A speaker may stand in a reveal between indoors and outdoors, held in shadow while looking toward light. The term suggests that every entrance carries its own concealed measure of distance and material history.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The window’s reveal held a strip of shadow, making the daylight seem carved from stone”; A poet can use a door reveal to show emotional distance, as in “I stood within the reveal, neither inside nor gone”; In a building poem, the deep reveal around an arched opening can emphasize thick medieval walls; “Rain darkened the reveal, where the house kept its small, cool silence” uses the architectural recess as an image of shelter
Additional Notes
In poetry, a reveal can make an opening feel thick rather than flat: the speaker notices the shadowed sides of a window or door, suggesting hidden depth, threshold, or gradual disclosure. Contrast it with the façade, the outward-facing surface.
Also Known As
Window Reveal Door Reveal bewray Bring to light show
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