song

Noun
  1. A short musical composition with words (synset 107062058)
    "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
    is a type of: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music - a musical work that has been created
    subtypes:
    • religious song - religious music for singing
    • anthem - a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
    • aria - an elaborate song for solo voice
    • ballad, lay - a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
    • barcarole, barcarolle - a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
    • ditty - a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
    • coronach, dirge, lament, requiem, threnody - a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
    • drinking song - a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties
    • folk ballad, folk song, folksong - a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
    • lied - a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
    • love song, love-song - a song about love or expressing love for another person
    • berceuse, cradlesong, lullaby - a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
    • golden oldie, oldie - a song that was formerly popular
    • partsong - a song with two or more voice parts
    • prothalamion, prothalamium - a song in celebration of a marriage
    • roundelay - a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
    • banquet song, scolion - a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet
    • serenade - a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
    • torch song - a popular song concerned with disappointment in love
    • work song - a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work
    has:
    • chorus, refrain - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
    • language, lyric, words - the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
    same as: vocal
  2. A distinctive or characteristic sound (synset 107409188)
    "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
    is a type of: sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event
  3. The act of singing (synset 100547426)
    "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
    is a type of: vocal music - music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
    subtypes:
    • carol - a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
    • cradlesong, lullaby - the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
    same as: strain
  4. The characteristic sound produced by a bird (synset 106809500)
    "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
    is a type of: animal communication - communication between animals (of the same species)
    subtypes:
    same as: birdcall, birdsong, call
  5. A very small sum (synset 113274910)
    "he bought it for a song"
    is a type of: bargain, buy, steal - an advantageous purchase
  6. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279;
    Noted for art and literature and philosophy (synset 108175640)
    is a type of: dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    same as: song dynasty, sung, sung dynasty

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