Violoncello

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  • noun. A cello.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The modern form of the medieval viola da gamba.
  • noun. In organ-building, a pedal stop of eight-feet tone, having metal pipes of narrow scale and a very string-like quality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A large stringed instrument of the violin family, but smaller than the double bass.
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  • noun. a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing