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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reverberation |
| Synonyms: | fullness, plangency, sonority, vibration |
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| Concept: | Resonance. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
| Synonyms: |
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resonance; ring; ringing; reflexion, reflection, reverberation; tinnitis., low note, base note, bass note, flat note, grave note, deep note; bass; basso, basso profondo; baritone, barytone; contralto.
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| Antonyms: | nonresonance |
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| Main Entry: | melody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harmony, tune |
| Synonyms: | air, aria, assonance, carillon, chant, chime, concord, consonance, descant, diapason, euphony, inflection, lay, lyric, measure, melodiousness, music, musicality, refrain, resonance, run, song, strain, theme, tunefulness, unison |
| Antonyms: | cacophony, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growl, reverberation |
| Synonyms: | barrage, boom, booming, clangor, drone, drumbeat, drumming, echoing, grumble, quaver, racket, rat-a-tat, resonance, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunder |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something heard or audible |
| Synonyms: | accent, din, harmony, intonation, loudness, melody, modulation, music, noise, note, pitch, racket, report, resonance, reverberation, ringing, softness, sonance, sonancy, sonority, sonorousness, static, tenor, tonality, tone, vibration, voice |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | tone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pitch, volume |
| Synonyms: | accent, emphasis, force, inflection, intonation, modulation, resonance, strength, stress, timbre, tonality |
| Main Entry: | vibration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, quivering |
| Synonyms: | beating, fluctuation, judder, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shake, shimmy, throb, throbbing, trembling, tremor, vacillation, wave, wavering |
| Antonyms: | stillness |
| Main Entry: | twang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasal sound |
| Synonyms: | nasality, resonance, resound, sound, vibration |
| Main Entry: | timbre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone |
| Synonyms: | accent, beat, inflection, intonation, overtone, resonance, tonality |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound timber refers to cut wood and to one's qualification for a position; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Antonyms: | pitch, volume |
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