Definition of Descant

Noun

  • a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

Verb

  • talk at great length about something of one's interest
  • sing by changing register
    sing by yodeling
    "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
  • sing in descant
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Unscramble descant

210 unscramble word found using the letters descant.
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