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postrock

postrock is the alternative form of post-rock.

Meaning of post-rock

Noun

post-rock (uncountable)

  1. A genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.

Origin of postrock

From post- + rock.

Questions about postrock

What is postrock the alternative form of?
Postrock is the alternative form of post-rock.

Words near postrock in the dictionary

  1. postriot
  2. postripening
  3. postritual
  4. postroad
  5. postroads
  6. postrock
  7. postroll
  8. postrolls
  9. postromantic
  10. postromanticism
  11. postromantics

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