Cello

Definitions

1. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
2. cellophane
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Examples

“I haven't always been this cool because I haven't always played guitar. I started out on the cello. Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument. It's cool to be an adult that plays the cello. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you. When you walk⟳ to school with a cello you're like⟳ a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man. The bullies just smell⟳ you coming from a mile away.”

“And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give⟳ the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.”

“Fitzgerald saw⟳ that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence⟳, was "still rebelling against having been made to take⟳ cello lessons when growing up."”

“Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to^([sic]) the personal taste⟳ of the host⟳/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap⟳ and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!”

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