monophony, monophonic music, monody
(noun) music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monody (plural monodies)
An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. [from 17th c.]
Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy. [from 17th c.]
A monotonous or mournful noise. [from 19th c.]
(music) A composition having a single melodic line. [from 19th c.]
• odonym
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*dy, n.; pl. Monodies. Etym: [L. monodia, Gr. monodie. See Ode.]
Definition: A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
