From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cello \Cel"lo\ (ch[e^]l"l[-o]), noun; pl. E. {Cellos} (ch[e^]l"l[-o]z), It. {Celli} (ch[e^]l"l[=e]). A contraction for {Violoncello}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing [syn: {violoncello}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "cello": A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, English horn, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, claribel, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabass, cornet, cornopean, cromorna, crowd, cymbel, diapason, double bass, dulciana, fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fingerboard, flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn, harmonic flute, hybrid stop, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, koppel flute, larigot, melodia, mixture, mutation stop, nazard, oboe, octave, organ stop, piccolo, plein jeu, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket, reed stop, register, rohr flute, scroll, sesquialtera, shawm, soundboard, spitz flute, stop, stopped diapason, stopped flute, string, string diapason, string stop, tenor violin, tierce, tremolo, trombone, trumpet, tuning peg, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Cello {World-Wide Web} {browser} {client} for {IBM PC}s. Runs under {Microsoft Windows}.
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