- noise
- nounADJECTIVE▪ deafening, loud▪ awful, horrible, terrible▪ faint, low, slight, small▪
The slightest noise will wake him.
▪ sudden▪ funny, strange▪ background▪There was constant background noise from the road.
▪ constant, incessant▪ banging, buzzing, clicking, hissing, etc.▪ muffled▪ aircraft, engine, traffic▪ ambient, white▪ rude (esp. BrE)▪One of the children made a rude noise.
VERB + NOISE▪ create, emit, generate, let out, make, produce▪the noise created by aircraft
▪She was making a lot of noise.
▪ hear, listen to▪We could hear funny little sucking noises.
▪ block out, drown out, reduce▪Wood is used to deaden the noise.
▪ complain aboutNOISE + VERB▪ come from sth▪There were strange noises coming from the kitchen.
▪ become louder, get louder, grow louder, increase▪ die away, die down, fade, fade away▪The deafening noise of the machine died away to a rumble.
NOISE + NOUN▪ level▪ pollution▪ reductionPREPOSITION▪ above the noise, over the noise▪We had to shout over the noise of the traffic.
▪ noise from▪the noise from the engine room
Collocations dictionary. 2013.