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ROUNDELAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roundelay mean?
• ROUNDELAY (noun)
The noun ROUNDELAY has 1 sense:
1. a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
Familiarity information: ROUNDELAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("roundelay" is a kind of...):
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