cello, violoncello
(noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cello (plural cellos or celli)
A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.
• violoncello
• back
• bout
upper bout
c-bout
lower bout
• bridge
• endpin, spike, tail spike
endpin stopper
• f-hole, sound hole
• fine tuner
• fingerboard
• front, top, belly, table
• neck
• purfling, edgework
• rib
upper rib
c-rib
lower rib
• saddle
• scroll
peg
pegbox
nut
• shoulder
• sound post
• string
• tailgut
• tailpiece
• waist
cello (uncountable)
cellophane
• Colle
Source: Wiktionary
Cel"lo, n.; pl. E. Cellos (, It. Celli (.
Definition: A contraction for Violoncello.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2024
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
