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Roget category 402

3. Words relating to matter
3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#402. Sound

noun

sound, noise, strainaccent, twang, intonation, tonecadencesonorousness etc. adj. — audibilityresonance etc. 408voice etc. 580aspirateideophonerough breathing.
[Science, of sound] acousticsphonics, phonetics, phonology, phonographydiacoustics, diaphonicsphonetism.

verb

produce soundsound, make a noisegive out sound, emit soundresound etc. 408.

adjective

soundingsoniferoussonorous, sonorificresonant, audible, distinctstertorousphoneticphonic, phonocamptic.

phrase

a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus [Lat.].

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