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counternoises

counternoises is the plural of counternoise.

Meaning of counternoise

Noun

counternoise (plural counternoises)

  1. A noise in response or opposition to another noise.
    • […] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music.1950, Reprints of the Publication of the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, page 72

Questions about counternoises

What is counternoises the plural of?
Counternoises is the plural of counternoise.

Words near counternoises in the dictionary

  1. counternarrative
  2. counternarratives
  3. counternatural
  4. counternaturally
  5. counternoise
  6. counternoises
  7. counternormative
  8. counternormatively
  9. counternormativities
  10. counternormativity
  11. counternotice

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