'Piccolo' definitions:
Definition of 'piccolo'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
Definition of 'Piccolo'
From: GCIDE
- Piccolo \Pic"co*lo\, n. [It., small.]
- 1. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) A small upright piano. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'piccolo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aulos,
- basset horn,
- basset oboe,
- bassoon,
- block flute,
- bombard,
- bourdon,
- cello,
- claribel,
- clarinet,
- clarion,
- concert flute,
- contrabassoon,
- contrafagotto,
- cornet,
- cornopean,
- cromorna,
- cromorne,
- cymbel,
- diapason,
- double bassoon,
- double reed,
- dulciana,
- English horn,
- fife,
- fipple flute,
- flageolet,
- flute,
- flute stop,
- foundation stop,
- fourniture,
- gamba,
- gedeckt,
- gemshorn,
- harmonic flute,
- hautboy,
- heckelphone,
- hornpipe,
- hybrid stop,
- koppel flute,
- larigot,
- licorice stick,
- melodia,
- mixture,
- musette,
- mutation stop,
- nazard,
- oaten reed,
- oboe,
- oboe da caccia,
- ocarina,
- octave,
- organ stop,
- Pandean pipe,
- panpipe,
- penny-whistle,
- pipe,
- plein jeu,
- pommer,
- posaune,
- principal,
- quint,
- quintaten,
- rank,
- ranket,
- recorder,
- reed,
- reed instrument,
- reed stop,
- register,
- rohr flute,
- sax,
- saxophone,
- sesquialtera,
- shawm,
- single reed,
- single-reed instrument,
- sonorophone,
- spitz flute,
- stop,
- stopped diapason,
- stopped flute,
- string diapason,
- string stop,
- sweet potato,
- syrinx,
- tabor pipe,
- tenoroon,
- tierce,
- tin-whistle,
- tremolo,
- trombone,
- trumpet,
- twelfth,
- unda maris,
- vibrato,
- viola,
- voix celeste,
- vox angelica,
- vox humana,
- whistle,
- woods,
- woodwind,
- woodwind choir,
- woodwind instrument