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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A brief entertainment between two acts of a play; an entr'acte.
  2. n. Music A short movement separating the major sections of a lengthy composition or work.
  3. n. Music An independent instrumental composition having the character of such a movement.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A light and pleasing dramatic entertainment introduced between the acts of a tragedy, comedy, or grand opera; later, a ballet divertissement introduced in like manner.
  2. n. In music: A short musical work of light character inserted between the acts of a serious drama or opera; a burlesque or comedy. The intermezzo was the germ of the opera bouffe or comic opera.
  3. n. A short composition, without any definite musical form, introduced in an extended musical work, or a piece composed in a similar style.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An interlude; an intermede. See intermede.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony
  2. n. a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
  3. n. a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera

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