acoustic

Pluralacoustics

1. 1
   adjective

   Making its sound in a natural way, with no electric amplifier, or describing music played like that.

   He played an old acoustic guitar by the campfire.

   The band played an acoustic version of their hit song, with no amps on stage.

   Similarunplugged

   Oppositeelectric

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2. 2
   short for guitarnounabbreviationclipping

   Short for acoustic guitar. Guitar players often use this shorter word.

   My brother is learning to play on a cheap acoustic.

   I left my acoustic at home and brought my electric guitar instead.

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3. 3
   room soundnouncountable

   The qualities of a room or building that decide how sound travels inside it.

   The acoustics in the school gym are so bad that nobody could hear the speaker.

   The singers loved the warm acoustic of the old stone church.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Having to do with hearing, the parts of the body we hear with, or the study of sound.

   Even newborn babies turn toward acoustic signals like their mother's voice.

   Standing too close to the speakers at a concert can cause acoustic damage to your ears.

   Similarauditory, aural

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5. 5
   works by soundadjective

   Describes a machine or system that works by using sound.

   The boat has an acoustic tool that sends sound down to measure how deep the lake is.

   Scientists fixed small acoustic tags to the sharks so they could follow them.

   Similarsonic

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   building materialadjective

   Used in buildings to block sound or to change the way sound behaves in a room.

   They put acoustic tiles on the ceiling to make the classroom quieter.

   The music room has acoustic panels on every wall.

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7. 7
   sound-triggered weaponadjective

   Describes a mine or other weapon that explodes when it picks up sound.

   Navy divers searched the harbor for acoustic mines left over from the war.

   The noise of a big engine can set off an acoustic mine.

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8. 8
   not electric (machine)adjectivehumorous

   Not electric. People say it, often as a joke, about a normal bike or other machine.

   My friends all have e-bikes, but I still ride my old acoustic bike.

   The store sells electric scooters and acoustic ones that you push with your foot.

   Similarmechanical

   Oppositeelectric

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