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avant-garage

avant-garage noun: a genre of experimental, avant-garde music influenced by garage rock.

Noun

avant-garage (uncountable)

  1. A genre of experimental, avant-garde music influenced by garage rock.

Origin of avant-garage

Blend of avant-garde + garage.

Questions about avant-garage

What does avant-garage mean?
Avant-garage means a genre of experimental, avant-garde music influenced by garage rock.
What part of speech is avant-garage?
Avant-garage is a noun.

Words near avant-garage in the dictionary

  1. avant-couriers
  2. avant-dance
  3. avant-disco
  4. avant-folk
  5. avant-funk
  6. avant-garage
  7. avant-garde
  8. avant-gardes
  9. avant-gardism
  10. avant-gardist
  11. avant-gardists

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