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nonsound

nonsound noun: that which is not sound (something audible).

Noun

nonsound (countable and uncountable, plural nonsounds)

  1. That which is not sound (something audible).
    • Consider other types of accompaniment: blinking lights, fans and streamers, a parade of candles. Design your nonsound accompaniment and your relation to it (instigator, victim, partner, background). Improvise.1988, Lynne Anne Blom, L. Tarin Chaplin, The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation, page 217
    • She listened harder as the sound separated itself from the nonsound, and as her sleep separated from waking.2013, Rick Bass, All the Land to Hold Us

Forms of nonsound

pluralnonsounds

Origin of nonsound

From non- + sound.

Questions about nonsound

What does nonsound mean?
Nonsound means that which is not sound (something audible).
What part of speech is nonsound?
Nonsound is a noun.
What is the plural of nonsound?
The plural of nonsound is nonsounds.

Words near nonsound in the dictionary

  1. nonsoporific
  2. nonsorediate
  3. nonsororal
  4. nonsortal
  5. nonsorted
  6. nonsound
  7. nonsounds
  8. nonsoundtrack
  9. nonsoup
  10. nonsouthern
  11. nonsovereign

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