Definitions for Melody

Melody mel·o·dy

Spelling: [mel-uh-dee]
IPA: /ˈmɛl ə di/

Melody is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in Melody (delmoy).

Definitions for Melody

noun

  1. musical sounds in agreeable succession or arrangement.
  2. Music. the succession of single tones in musical compositions, as distinguished from harmony and rhythm. the principal part in a harmonic composition; the air. a rhythmical succession of single tones producing a distinct musical phrase or idea.
  3. a poem suitable for singing.
  4. intonation, as of a segment of connected speech.
  5. a female given name.

Origin of Melody

1250-1300; Middle English melodie Medieval Latin melōdia Greek melōidía (choral) singing, equivalent to mel- (see melic) + -ōid- (see ode) +

Examples for Melody

They frequently claimed credit for songs, even when they had borrowed chords, melody and lyrics.

Gracie asked, running off the final notes in a tinkle of melody.

But four parts are altogether necessary to the perfection of melody.

If these matters must be divided, give me the melody, and whoever else will, may take the noise.

Their outburst of melody is like a brook let loose from wintry chains.

When Paul McCartney came up with the melody to “Yesterday,” he initially feared that it was an old song that he was recalling.

The first is Cuomo's supernaturally precise sense of melody.

Life, that would fain be a melody, seems here almost a malady.

He probably heard the song during a Brazilian tour, and the melody simply stayed in his head.

Arriving at the melody Ballroom, the atmosphere was a frenzy of joy, jubilation and holy bedlam.

Word Value for Melody
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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