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violoncello


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Violoncello  \Vi`o*lon*cel"lo\  (?;  277),  n.  [It.  violoncello, 
  dim.  of  violone  a  bass  viol.  See  {Violone}.]  (Mus.) 
  A  stringed  instrument  of  music;  a  bass  viol  of  four  strings, 
  or  a  bass  violin  with  long,  large  strings,  giving  sounds  an 
  octave  lower  than  the  viola,  or  tenor  or  alto  violin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  violoncello 
  n  :  a  large  stringed  instrument;  seated  player  holds  it  upright 
  while  playing  [syn:  {cello}] 




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