VIOLONCELLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does violoncello mean? 

• VIOLONCELLO (noun)
  The noun VIOLONCELLO has 1 sense:

1. a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

  Familiarity information: VIOLONCELLO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIOLONCELLO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cello; violoncello

Hypernyms ("violoncello" is a kind of...):

bowed stringed instrument; string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)

 Context examples 

As Elinor was neither musical, nor affecting to be so, she made no scruple of turning her eyes from the grand pianoforte, whenever it suited her, and unrestrained even by the presence of a harp, and violoncello, would fix them at pleasure on any other object in the room.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)