ligature
pronunciation
How to pronounce ligature in British English:
UK [ˈlɪgətʃə(r)]
How to pronounce ligature in American English:
US [ˈlɪɡəˌtʃʊr, -tʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
- character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
- a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
- thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
- something used to tie or bind
- the act of tying or binding things together
Word Origin
- ligature
- ligature: see liable
- ligature (n.)
- c. 1400, "something used in tying or binding," from Middle French ligature (14c.), from Late Latin ligatura "a band," from Latin ligatus, past participle of ligare "to bind" (see ligament). In musical notation from 1590s; of letters joined in printing or writing from 1690s.
Example
- 1. Bound by an icy ligature , our house
- 2. No ligature marks on her wrists or ankles .
- 3. Ligature marks on both of her wrists .
- 4. Ligature marks found around wrists .
- 5. Ligature marks on her neck .