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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