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English Dictionary: musical	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for musical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musical adj characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments" talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family" Antonym(s): nonmusical, unmusical characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" Antonym(s): nonmusical, unmusical containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" Synonym(s): melodious, melodic, musical Antonym(s): unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical n a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing Synonym(s): musical, musical comedy, musical theater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musical \Mu"sical\, n. 1. Music. [Obs.] To fetch home May with their musical. --Spenser. 2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical* party. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musical \Mu"sical\, a. [Cf. F. musical.] Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical* proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons. {Musical}, [or] {Music}, {box}, a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. {Musical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which utters sounds under water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc. {Musical glasses}, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical notes. CF. {Harmonica}, 1.