Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Music A rest having the value of four beats in common time.
Wiktionary
- n. music A whole rest is a pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two half rests or one half of a breve rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is four beats.
- n. music A symbol used in musical notation drawn as a solid rectangle directly below the line above the middle line of a staff whose height is half the distance between lines.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a musical rest equal in duration to four beats in common time
Examples
“It jostled the whole rest of his body, but it could move, it had some strength in it.”
“At least back at Sunset Terrace, with its ugly mold and overflowing Dumpsters and broken doors, Mom and Bran and I had been united, a team—the three of us against the whole rest of the world.”
Lists
‘whole rest’ hasn't been added to any lists yet.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for whole rest.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.