'Cello' definitions:
Definition of 'cello'
(from WordNet)
noun
A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing [syn: cello, violoncello]
Definition of 'Cello'
From: GCIDE
- Cello \Cel"lo\ (ch[e^]l"l[-o]), n.; pl. E. Cellos (ch[e^]l"l[-o]z), It. Celli (ch[e^]l"l[=e]). A contraction for Violoncello. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cello'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A string,
- Amati,
- bass,
- bass viol,
- bassoon,
- block flute,
- bombard,
- bourdon,
- bow,
- bridge,
- bull fiddle,
- claribel,
- clarinet,
- clarion,
- concert flute,
- contrabass,
- cornet,
- cornopean,
- Cremona,
- cromorna,
- crowd,
- cymbel,
- D string,
- diapason,
- double bass,
- dulciana,
- E string,
- English horn,
- fiddle,
- fiddlebow,
- fiddlestick,
- fingerboard,
- flute stop,
- foundation stop,
- fourniture,
- G string,
- gamba,
- gedeckt,
- gemshorn,
- harmonic flute,
- hybrid stop,
- kit,
- kit fiddle,
- kit violin,
- koppel flute,
- larigot,
- melodia,
- mixture,
- mutation stop,
- nazard,
- oboe,
- octave,
- organ stop,
- piccolo,
- plein jeu,
- posaune,
- principal,
- quint,
- quintaten,
- rank,
- ranket,
- reed stop,
- register,
- rohr flute,
- scroll,
- sesquialtera,
- shawm,
- soundboard,
- spitz flute,
- stop,
- stopped diapason,
- stopped flute,
- Strad,
- Stradivari,
- Stradivarius,
- string,
- string diapason,
- string stop,
- tenor violin,
- tierce,
- tremolo,
- trombone,
- trumpet,
- tuning peg,
- twelfth,
- unda maris,
- vibrato,
- viola,
- violin,
- violinette,
- violoncello,
- violoncello piccolo,
- violone,
- violotta,
- voix celeste,
- vox angelica,
- vox humana