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CELLO
cello, violoncello
(noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• violoncello
Meronyms
• 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
Etymology 2
Noun
cello (uncountable)
cellophane
Anagrams
• Colle
Source: Wiktionary
Cel"lo, n.; pl. E. Cellos (, It. Celli (.
Definition: A contraction for Violoncello.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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