noun, adjective
noun [sing.] a dull sound or way of speaking in which the tone and volume remain the same and therefore seem boring:
He spoke in a flat monotone.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] without any changes or differences in sound or colour:
He spoke in a monotone drawl. * monotone engravings
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for monotone is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does monotone appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — monotone appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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