Definition of sound

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Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound..

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Homophony :: Homophony (n.) Sameness of sound.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
Swashway :: Swashing (a.) Resounding; crushing.
Lurry :: Lurry (n.) A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds..
Phonology :: Phonology (n.) The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds..
Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents..
Noise :: Noise (n.) Sound of any kind.
Katydid :: Katydid (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals..
Euphonical :: Euphonical (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound..
Fathomless :: Fathomless (a.) Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.
Stridulation :: Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts..
Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music..
Outsound :: Outsound (v. t.) To surpass in sounding.
Ticker :: Ticker (n.) One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc..
Silverly :: Silverly (adv.) Like silver in appearance or in sound.
Sonorous :: Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice..
Edh :: Edh (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth..
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