birdsong
- noun
- /ˈbɜrdˌsɔŋ/
- With the birdsong and the sigh of falling water, there was laughter.
This pre dawn delusion was enhanced, you might insist, by the noticeably increased birdsong.
- This pre dawn delusion was enhanced, you might insist, by the noticeably increased birdsong.
- For example, sound therapy uses noises like rain, birdsong, or music to mask tinnitus and reduce stress.
- And things like the reason that birdsong reduce our blood pressure and our breathing rate and our stress levels is because if there was a predator around, birds wouldn't sing.
Examples
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We often played there, in that damp green air, having our adventures among the birdsong, moss, and wild azalea.
Fiction book (2001) -
The place was hot and still, silence broken only by birdsong from somewhere up the embankment behind him.
Fiction book (1998) -
I remember a day in June, walking in the park, suddenly aware of the birdsong, the flowers, the smell of earth and trees.
Fiction book (1999) -
And we might do this with, you know, birdsong and music or all sorts of other things as well.
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One entire morning he passed listening to birdsong, and once he glimpsed a hawk.
Fiction book (1997) -
The cemetery is a place not only of much greenery but also of deep quiet, broken only by birdsong.
Academic text (2007) -
The letters reveal Philip's love of nature, especially of flowers, gardens, and birdsong.
Academic text (2010) -
Were it not for the birdsong in the trees, Neil would have sworn his deafness had never been cured.
Fiction book (1994) -
Even those—the trilling of waterfalls, the mingling of birdsong and breeze—would have captivated us all.
Fiction book (1992) -
On summer mornings in my gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood, the birdsong starts soon after daybreak.
Synonyms
A sound an animal makes to get attention
Musical sounds that birds make to call others or attract mates
A high, continuous noise birds or monkeys make
A soft low sound made by a pigeon or dove
A loud, harsh sound often made by a bird
A short, high sound made by small birds or insects
A harsh, loud sound made by a crow or raven
A loud, high call made by a rooster
A soft, short sound a hen makes to call her chicks
A short, weak, high sound made by a baby bird
A series of short high sounds made by small birds
The sound a bird makes to communicate with other birds
A short high sound made by a cat or young bird
A short high, sharp sound made by small birds or insects
A clear natural sound that a bird makes in the woods
A clear, musical bird sound like a small bell
A short high whistling sound made by small birds
A loud sound that a rooster makes in the morning
How Musical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word birdsong is made of bird and song and simply means the 'song' birds make to attract mates or talk to each other. So, birdsong refers to the musical calls birds use to communicate.