orchestral

adj
/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/US

Etymology

From orchestra + -al.

Definitions

  1. Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

    • orchestral music/piece/sound
  2. An orchestral performance.

    • The ABC would have top-billing for the orchestral concerts and Williamsons for the recitals; we would go for a three-guinea top for the orchestrals, at that time a record; the ABC would do the front of house and the banking; [...]
    • Classical composers like Alexander Reinagle, Rayner Taylor, and Susannah Haswell Rowson made their names in the 18th century, while the 19th century was given over to English opera, religious orchestrals, and gospel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at orchestral. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at orchestral. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at orchestral

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA