Associations to the word «Gamut»

Wiktionary

GAMUT, noun. A (normally) complete range.
GAMUT, noun. (music) All the notes in the musical scale.
GAMUT, noun. All the colours available to a device such as a monitor or printer.

Dictionary definition

GAMUT, noun. A complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions".
GAMUT, noun. The entire scale of musical notes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats