undersound

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noun

An underlying or background sound.

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Meanings

nounundersound (plural undersounds)

plural undersounds

  1. An underlying or background sound.

    The undersound filled the world, and his head, as he stared at the wheel. He thought of wheels turning, of people passing forever, in an endless procession, and the sound was always there, filling the air.

    2022, Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War

Origin

From under- + sound.

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Cite this entry
APA

undersound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersound

MLA

“undersound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersound. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersound.

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