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Definition mashup in American English

mashup noun

[countable] noun
/ˈmæʃˌʌp/
1

a website or piece of software making use of information from more than one source, for example using photographs from one website and text from another

Example

Mashups allow non-programmers to create new and exciting websites.

2

a piece of music created by combining two or more pieces of recorded music, usually by adding the voice from one recording to the music of another

Example

The mashup was created by combining Christina Aguilera's vocal from "Genie in a Bottle" with the backing from the Strokes' "Hard to Explain."

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Definition mashup in American English