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musical |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Musical \Mu"sic*al\, 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["o]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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Musical \Mu"sic*al\, 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: musical adj 1: characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments" 2: talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family" [ant: {unmusical}] 3: characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant: {unmusical}] 4: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: {melodious}, {melodic}] [ant: {unmelodious}] n : a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing [syn: {musical comedy}, {musical theater}]
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