suspension   (Sound)

The noun suspension has 7 senses

• suspension -- (a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy)


• pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension -- (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)


• abeyance, suspension -- (temporary cessation or suspension)


• suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement -- (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)


• suspension, suspension system -- (a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle)


• suspension, dangling, hanging -- (the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait")


• suspension, temporary removal -- (a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc))