bluegrass
Kentucky bluegrassKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
» Tom plays fiddle in a bluegrass band.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
Wiesenrispengras
мятликmjatlik
an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses
(uncountable)A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
Bluegrass
блюграссbljugrass
Examples
11 sentencesTom plays fiddle in a bluegrass band.
Are you still interested in bluegrass music?
I met Tom at a bluegrass festival last summer.
Tom met many other banjo players at the bluegrass festival.
Tom plays the banjo with one of the local bluegrass bands.
deTom spielt bei einer Bluegrass-Band hier im Ort Banjo. — Waldelfe
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring. From thFrom blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.
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Forms
plural: bluegrasses| Singular | bluegrass |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses:Bluegrass CountryBluegrass Region
- any of various grasses of the genus Poa:blue grass
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable