whole note

Noun
Synonyms: semibreve

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)Synonyms: semibreveType of note, musical note
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Whole note

Music, the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve.

From the entry Whole.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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