Definitions For Descant

noun

  • A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
  • A high melody that is sung or played along with the main melody of a song

verb

  • Talk at great length about something of one's interest
  • Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
  • Sing in descant

Is Descants a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Descant is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Descant in a Sentence

  • An English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare
  • The soprano descanted above the melody line

Synonyms for Descant

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