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instrumentals

instrumentals is the plural of instrumental.

Meaning of instrumental

Noun

instrumental (plural instrumentals)

  1. The instrumental case.
  2. A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals.
    • I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent […]1977, Stereo Review, volume 38, page 70
  3. A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.

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Noun

instrumentals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track.

Questions about instrumentals

What does instrumentals mean?
Instrumentals means the backing track of a song. The audio of a song without the vocal track.
What is instrumentals the plural of?
Instrumentals is the plural of instrumental.
What part of speech is instrumentals?
Instrumentals is a noun.

Words near instrumentals in the dictionary

  1. instrumentalizers
  2. instrumentalizes
  3. instrumentalizing
  4. instrumentally
  5. instrumentalness
  6. instrumentals
  7. instrumentaria
  8. instrumentarial
  9. instrumentarium
  10. instrumentary
  11. instrumentation

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