sound
Roget category 402
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation
#402.
Sound
noun
sound,
noise,
strain —
accent,
twang,
intonation,
tone —
cadence —
sonorousness
etc.
adj. —
audibility —
resonance
etc.
408 —
voice
etc.
580 —
aspirate —
ideophone† —
rough breathing.
[Science, of sound]
acoustics —
phonics,
phonetics,
phonology,
phonography† —
diacoustics†,
diaphonics† —
phonetism†.
verb
produce sound —
sound,
make a noise —
give out sound,
emit sound —
resound
etc.
408.
adjective
sounding —
soniferous† —
sonorous,
sonorific† —
resonant,
audible,
distinct —
stertorous —
phonetic —
phonic,
phonocamptic†.
phrase
a thousand trills and quivering sounds"
[Addison];
forensis strepitus [Lat.].
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