'Trio' definitions:
Definition of 'trio'
(from WordNet)
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace]
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A musical composition for three performers
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Three performers or singers who perform together
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Definition of 'Trio'
From: GCIDE
- Trio \Tri"o\, n. [It., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio, from the Italian. See Three.]
- 1. Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united. [1913 Webster]
- The trio were well accustomed to act together, and were linked to each other by ties of mutual interest. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) (a) A composition for three parts or three instruments. (b) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments. [1913 Webster] Triobolar
Synonyms of 'trio'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute music,
- adaptation,
- air varie,
- aleatory,
- aleatory music,
- arrangement,
- band,
- big band,
- bipartisanship,
- brass,
- brass band,
- brass choir,
- brass quintet,
- brass section,
- brasses,
- callithumpian band,
- chamber music,
- chamber orchestra,
- clover,
- coaction,
- coadjuvancy,
- coadministration,
- coagency,
- cochairmanship,
- codirectorship,
- collaboration,
- collaborativeness,
- collectivism,
- collusion,
- combo,
- commensalism,
- common effort,
- common enterprise,
- communalism,
- communism,
- communitarianism,
- community,
- complicity,
- composition,
- concert,
- concert band,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concurrence,
- cooperation,
- cooperativeness,
- descant,
- desks,
- deuce-ace,
- dixieland band,
- duet,
- duettino,
- duo,
- duumvirate,
- ecumenicalism,
- ecumenicism,
- ecumenism,
- electronic music,
- ensemble,
- ensemble music,
- ensemble singing,
- esprit,
- esprit de corps,
- etude,
- exercise,
- fellow feeling,
- fellowship,
- gamelan orchestra,
- German band,
- group,
- harmonization,
- harmony,
- incidental music,
- instrumental music,
- invention,
- jazz band,
- joining of forces,
- joint effort,
- joint operation,
- jug band,
- leash,
- mass action,
- military band,
- morale,
- mutual assistance,
- mutualism,
- mutuality,
- Nachtmusik,
- nocturne,
- octet,
- opus,
- orchestra,
- orchestration,
- part music,
- part singing,
- part song,
- Philharmonic,
- piece,
- polyphonic music,
- pooling,
- pooling of resources,
- production,
- program music,
- pulling together,
- quartet,
- quintet,
- ragtime band,
- reciprocity,
- ricercar,
- rock-and-roll group,
- score,
- septet,
- septuor,
- sestet,
- set of three,
- sextet,
- shamrock,
- skiffle band,
- solidarity,
- sonata,
- sonatina,
- steel band,
- street band,
- string band,
- string choir,
- string orchestra,
- string quartet,
- strings,
- study,
- swing band,
- symbiosis,
- symphony,
- symphony orchestra,
- synergism,
- synergy,
- team spirit,
- teamwork,
- tercet,
- ternary,
- ternion,
- terzet,
- terzetto,
- theme and variations,
- three,
- threesome,
- tierce,
- trefoil,
- trey,
- triad,
- trialogue,
- triangle,
- tricorn,
- trident,
- triennium,
- trihedron,
- trilogy,
- trimester,
- trine,
- trinity,
- trinomial,
- triphthong,
- triple,
- triple crown,
- triple threat,
- triplet,
- triplex,
- triplopy,
- tripod,
- triptych,
- trireme,
- triseme,
- triskelion,
- trisul,
- triumvirate,
- triune,
- triunity,
- trivet,
- troika,
- united action,
- variation,
- waits,
- woodwind,
- woodwind choir,
- woodwind quartet,
- woodwinds,
- work