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Meaning of musical phrase

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

musical

Pronunciation:/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

  2. A meeting or a party for a musical entertainment; a musicale.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

    Example: musical proportion; musical instruments

  2. Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.

    Example: She had a musical voice.

  3. Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

    Example: the child is musical; having a musical ear

  4. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.