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undersound

undersound noun: an underlying or background sound.

Noun

undersound (plural undersounds)

  1. An underlying or background sound.
    • The undersound filled the world, and his head, as he stared at the wheel. He thought of wheels turning, of people passing forever, in an endless procession, and the sound was always there, filling the air.2022, Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War

Forms of undersound

pluralundersounds

Origin of undersound

From under- + sound.

Questions about undersound

What does undersound mean?
Undersound means an underlying or background sound.
What part of speech is undersound?
Undersound is a noun.
What is the plural of undersound?
The plural of undersound is undersounds.

Words near undersound in the dictionary

  1. undersole
  2. undersoles
  3. undersong
  4. undersongs
  5. undersought
  6. undersound
  7. undersounds
  8. undersovereign
  9. undersovereigns
  10. undersow
  11. undersowed

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