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playlist

noun play·list \-ˌlist\

: a list of songs to be played especially by a radio station

Full Definition of PLAYLIST

:  a list of recordings to be played on the air by a radio station; also :  a similar list used for organizing a personal digital music collection
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First Known Use of PLAYLIST

1972

Rhymes with PLAYLIST

A-list, assist, backlist, blacklist, B-list, checklist, consist, dean's list, delist, desist, encyst, enlist, entwist, exist, handlist, hit list, insist, life list, mailed fist, persist, protist, Rehnquist, resist, short list, short-list, subsist, untwist, wait-list, white list, wish list

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