GAMUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does gamut mean?
• GAMUT (noun)
The noun GAMUT has 2 senses:
1. a complete extent or range:
2. the entire scale of musical notes
Familiarity information: GAMUT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GAMUT (noun)
Meaning:
A complete extent or range:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
a face that expressed a gamut of emotions
Hypernyms ("gamut" is a kind of...):
ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)
Meaning:
The entire scale of musical notes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gamut" is a kind of...):
musical scale; scale ((music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave))
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
