(~s)
1.
The ~ to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it.
He sang ‘My Funny Valentine’ to a piano ~.
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2.
An ~ is something which goes with another thing.
This recipe makes a good ~ to ice-cream.
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If one thing happens to the ~ of another, they happen at the same time.
The team came out to the ~ of fireworks.
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