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Word entry · 9 letters

resonance

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"Rich vibration"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛzənəns/Part of speech nounSorted aceennorsStarts with REnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities

Word origin

From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”).

Used in a sentence

  • The leiter-wagons contained great, square boxes, with handles of thick rope; these were evidently empty by the ease with which the Slovaks handled them, and by their resonance as they were roughly moved.
  • He passed on, and the lights and cries of the station dropped away, merged in a wider haze and a hollower resonance, as the train gathered itself up with a long shake and rolled out again into the darkness.
  • emotional resonance

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Rich vibration9 letters
02Rich sound quality9 letters

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