cello
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The addition of a cello is especially appreciated in 'Don't Stand So Close to Me', and I really liked the 'Roxanne' tango, perhaps an echo of the musical number featured in "Moulin Rouge."
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- noun A four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, pitched lower than the viola but higher than the double bass.
- noun Cellophane.
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- Your client, however, is now trading at a lower rate against the U.S. dollar. ' — Deal Breaker
- His voice was deep and smooth and sounded like a cello, and when he said her name, tears filled her eyes. — Cradle and All
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The addition of a cello is especially appreciated in 'Don't Stand So Close to Me', and I really liked the 'Roxanne' tango, perhaps an echo of the musical number featured in "Moulin Rouge."
— ...All This Time -
Keith, IMHO a cello is a cello - humongous, deep, fat and incredible!
— Mandolin Cafe News -
Now the cello was abandoned for the melancholic sounds of the shokohachi but Gabriele remained steadfast.
— Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
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- Short for violoncello.
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/ (chĕlˈō)/
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