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platoon collapse: a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant; a team of policemen working under the military platoon system; a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team"

trumpet collapse: utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"; proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trumpet their opposition to the death penalty"; play or blow on the trumpet

string quartet collapse: an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

demeaning collapse: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"

subordination collapse: the quality of obedient submissiveness; the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head; the state of being subordinate to something

chamber music collapse: serious music performed by a small group of musicians

sonata collapse: a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

nocturne collapse: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)

team collapse: two or more draft animals that work together to pull something; a cooperative unit; form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"

crew collapse: the men who man a ship or aircraft; the team of men manning a racing shell; serve as a crew member on

subservience collapse: in a subservient state; the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"

minority collapse: being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"; a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part; any age prior to the legal age

second string collapse: a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game

chord collapse: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together; a straight line connecting two points on a curve; play chords on (a string instrument)

orchestration collapse: the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments; an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; "the skillful orchestration of his political campaign"; an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band

lesser collapse: smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"; of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"

metronome collapse: clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music

kit collapse: young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"; gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose; a case for containing a set of articles

concatenate collapse: add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series; "concatenate terms"; "concatenate characters"; arranged into chained list

orchestra collapse: seating on the main floor in a theater; a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players

third collapse: the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds"; following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment"; coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position; in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment"

seventh collapse: the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it; position seven in a countable series of things; coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

less collapse: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"; (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"; used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"; comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"

ensemble collapse: a coordinated outfit (set of clothing); an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole; a group of musicians playing or singing together; "a string ensemble"; a cast other than the principles

humility collapse: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"; a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"

descant collapse: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody; talk at great length about something of one's interest; sing in descant

bass collapse: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes; the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments; the lowest part of the musical range; the lowest adult male singing voice; the lowest part in polyphonic music; an adult male singer with the lowest voice; having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

fifth collapse: the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it; a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon; position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"; coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

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