Term: decrescendo: (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: escalator: a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: radiotelephone: telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: blackout: a momentary loss of consciousness
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: katsura tree: rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: hock: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: tone system: the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: kidney bean: large dark red bean; usually dried
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: vigilante: member of a vigilance committee
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: hiding: the state of being hidden
Broader: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency | Unrelated: teasing: playful vexation