canto
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the act of singing vocal musicsynonyms: cantetypes:bel cantoa style of operatic singingcoloraturasinging with florid ornamentationscatsinging jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrumentarmonizaciónsinging in harmonyentonaciónthe act of singing in a monotonous tonesalmodiathe act of singing psalms or hymnsconcierto improvisadoinformal group singing of popular songstype of:música vocalmusic that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
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a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tonesynonyms: canto litúrgico, cánticotypes:canto gregorianoa liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Churchtype of:canción religiosareligious music for singing
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a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
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the boundary of a surface
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a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
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