noun
the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑ethnic music, ↑folk
• Hypernyms: ↑popular music, ↑popular music genre
• Hyponyms:
↑folk song, ↑folksong, ↑folk ballad, ↑schottische, ↑country music, ↑country and western, ↑C and W, ↑gospel, ↑gospel singing, ↑square-dance music
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noun [noncount]
: the traditional music of the people in a country or region
Irish folk music
also : a type of popular music that is based on traditional music and that does not use electric instruments
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= ↑folk
Useful english dictionary. 2012.