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soft pedals

soft pedals is the plural of soft pedal.

Meaning of soft pedal

Noun

soft pedal (plural soft pedals)

  1. (also, attributive) The leftmost foot-pedal on most pianos which, when pushed, dampens the strings and so softens the note played.
    Synonyms:
    una corda pedal

Questions about soft pedals

What is soft pedals the plural of?
Soft pedals is the plural of soft pedal.

Words near soft pedals in the dictionary

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  2. soft paste
  3. soft paywall
  4. soft paywalls
  5. soft pedal
  6. soft pedals
  7. soft peddle
  8. soft photon
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  10. soft pine
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