Associations to the word «Melody»

Wiktionary

MELODY, noun. Tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
MELODY, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

MELODY, noun. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven".
MELODY, noun. The perception of pleasant arrangements 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