accompaniment
/əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.22 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass."
- "A side salad is a common accompaniment to a main dish."
- "forecasting torrential rain, with an accompaniment of crashing thunder."
- "Green sauce is the perfect accompaniment to baked fish."
- "My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French