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undertune

undertune noun: an underlying or background tune.

Noun

undertune (plural undertunes)

  1. An underlying or background tune.
    • Down below, the rasping sound of rough salt rubbed on rough flesh sounded like the whirring of a grindstone — a steady undertune to the "click-nick" of the knives in the pen; […]1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Forms of undertune

pluralundertunes

Origin of undertune

From under- + tune.

Questions about undertune

What does undertune mean?
Undertune means an underlying or background tune.
What part of speech is undertune?
Undertune is a noun.
What is the plural of undertune?
The plural of undertune is undertunes.

Words near undertune in the dictionary

  1. undertrump
  2. undertrumped
  3. undertrumping
  4. undertrumps
  5. undertubulation
  6. undertune
  7. undertunes
  8. undertunic
  9. undertunics
  10. underturn
  11. underturned

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