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A stringed instrument for playing the bass part in concerted music; a violoncello.
A large four-stringed instrument of the violin class, a bass violin; = cello, n.
A large four-stringed bowed musical instrument, smaller than a double bass, which is held between the knees of the seated player, and now usually…
a small variety of violoncello; cf. violino piccolo, n.