| Sense 1 | country music [BACK TO TOP] |
Meaning:
A simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
C and W; country and western; country music
Hypernyms ("country music" is a kind of...):
ethnic music; folk; folk music (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "country music"):
bluegrass (a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars)
hillbilly music (country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States)
zydeco (music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues)
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