Definitions
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- noun music In a
string instrument , the hollowchamber that functions as aresonator
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
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Examples
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If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music.
Muqtedar Khan: Ramadan: A Month Of Longing Muqtedar Khan 2011
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Fausto adjusted his soundbox and the music faded, leaving only rushing wind and the distant rumble of the bash.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Fausto adjusted his soundbox and the music faded, leaving only rushing wind and the distant rumble of the bash.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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No fretwork covered the hole in the soundbox, either; if you stood close enough, you could probably see all the way down into the body of the instrument.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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A hood covers the pit, and it feels as if the music is coming up from a soundbox under the stage.
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Ambient-electro soundbox Lusine Icl is the brainchild of Seattle-based producer/musician Jeff McIlwain.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 101 2009
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You've been bitching for years about how the media is merely a soundbox for the current administration, and now you're attacking anyone who doesn't portray Obama in the impossibly pristine light that you perceive him in?
Chuck Hagel: "An Obama-Biden Ticket Is A Very Impressive And Strong Team" 2009
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There is even something nut-like about the neat way the doors open to admit the driver into a soundbox in which the roar of the engine has also been smoothed to a subtle purr.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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At these casas de marimba, marimbas and bass drums hang from the ceiling rafters on cords that carry vibrations throuhout the structure, amplifying the music with the building itself as the soundbox.
Modiba: Pacifico Colombiano: Hot Sounds from Colombia's Violence-Plagued Pacific Coast 2009
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