CANTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canto mean? 

• CANTO (noun)
  The noun CANTO has 2 senses:

1. the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

2. a major division of a long poem

  Familiarity information: CANTO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANTO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

voice part (a part written for a singer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A major division of a long poem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Holonyms ("canto" is a part of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)