Definition: musical

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

musical
     adj 1: characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical
            evening"; "musical instruments"
     2: talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical
        family" [ant: unmusical]
     3: characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a
        musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" [ant: unmusical]
     4: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing
        melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious,
         melodic] [ant: unmelodious]
     n : a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed
         with singing and dancing [syn: musical comedy, musical
         theater]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Musical \Mu"sic*al\, a. [Cf. F. musical.]
   Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or
   the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious;
   harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical
   instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.

   Musical, or Music, box, a box or case containing
      apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes
      automatically.

   Musical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which utters sounds under
      water, as the drumfish, grunt, gizzard shad, etc.

   Musical glasses, glass goblets or bowls so tuned and
      arranged that when struck, or rubbed, they produce musical
      notes. CF. Harmonica, 1.
Musical \Mu"sic*al\, n.
   1. Music. [Obs.]

            To fetch home May with their musical. --Spenser.

   2. A social entertainment of which music is the leading
      feature; a musical party. [Colloq.]