"soundfont" meaning in All languages combined

See soundfont on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-soundfont.wav Forms: soundfonts [plural]
Etymology: From the trademark SoundFont, from sound + font. Etymology templates: {{com|en|sound|font}} sound + font Head templates: {{en-noun}} soundfont (plural soundfonts)
  1. (music) A set of digital or digitized instruments in SoundFont format.
    Sense id: en-soundfont-en-noun-RFQv0rIA Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (by extension, informal, often proscribed) Any set of digital or digitized instruments, particularly when used in the soundtrack of a video game. Tags: broadly, informal, often, proscribed
    Sense id: en-soundfont-en-noun-qqNKpTJT Categories (other): Video games Disambiguation of Video games: 10 90

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