Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accompaniment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accompaniment \Ac*com"pa*ni*ment\ (-ment), n. [F.
accompagnement.]
That which accompanies; something that attends as a
circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness
to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the
sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by
instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by
voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the
voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a
figured bass. --P. Cyc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accompaniment
n 1: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in
connection with another [syn: {concomitant}, {co-occurrence}]
2: a subordinate musical part; provides background for more
important parts [syn: {musical accompaniment}, {support}]
3: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to
protect them [syn: {escort}]
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