country music

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noun

a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typified by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica.

Also called country-and-western, coun·try-west·ern

[kuhn-tree-wes-tern]. /ˈkʌn triˈwɛs tərn/.

Origin of country music

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby country music

country gentleman, country house, country kitchen, countryman, country mile, country music, country park, countrypeople, country risk, country rock, countryseat

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Example sentences from the Web for country music

ABC has something here—a family soap set in the country-music industry that pits the young flavor-of-the-month against a legend.
‘Borgen,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Mad Men’ & More: Ten Best TV Shows of 2012|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|December 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Lately, Gwyneth Paltrow has been behaving like a country-music star.
Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger|Bryan Curtis|January 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The country-music establishment could tolerate pop infiltrating its veins, but patriotism was still its lifeblood.
The Dixie Chicks' Stealth Comeback|Lauren Streib|May 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos.
Battle of the Blondes|Bryan Curtis|January 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for country music

country music

noun

a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern USSometimes shortened to: country

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单词	country music
释义	country music SEE SYNONYMS FOR country music ON THESAURUS.COM noun a style and genre of largely string-accompanied American popular music having roots in the folk music of the Southeast and cowboy music of the West, usually vocalized, generally simple in form and harmony, and typified by romantic or melancholy ballads accompanied by acoustic or electric guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica. Also called country-and-western, coun·try-west·ern [kuhn-tree-wes-tern]. /ˈkʌn triˈwɛs tərn/. Origin of country music First recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby country music country gentleman, country house, country kitchen, countryman, country mile, country music, country park, countrypeople, country risk, country rock, countryseat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for country music ABC has something here—a family soap set in the country-music industry that pits the young flavor-of-the-month against a legend. ‘Borgen,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Mad Men’ & More: Ten Best TV Shows of 2012\|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez\|December 18, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Lately, Gwyneth Paltrow has been behaving like a country-music star. Gwyneth Paltrow and the Rise of the Country Carpetbagger\|Bryan Curtis\|January 6, 2011\|DAILY BEAST The country-music establishment could tolerate pop infiltrating its veins, but patriotism was still its lifeblood. The Dixie Chicks' Stealth Comeback\|Lauren Streib\|May 3, 2010\|DAILY BEAST She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos. Battle of the Blondes\|Bryan Curtis\|January 28, 2010\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for country music country music noun a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern USSometimes shortened to: country Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Content related to country music What Kind Of Songs Get To Be Called “Country Music”?Past and present, country music—and what gets to be called country music—is far more complex than many realize. READ MORE Words related to country music country and western, hillbilly music, western swing
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country music

noun

Origin of country music

Words nearby country music

Example sentences from the Web for country music

British Dictionary definitions for country music

noun

Content related to country music

Words related to country music