accompaniment: Meaning and Definition of

ac•com•pa•ni•ment

Pronunciation: (u-kum'pu-ni-munt, u-kump'ni-), [key]
— n.
  1. something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
  2. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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