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# cello

«cello» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large musical instrument with four strings, played with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cello, cellos)

### meaning for a pupil

A cello is a large musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow while sitting down with the cello held between the knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons the cello belongs to the string family with the violin, viola and double bass; it is bigger than a violin and plays lower, warm notes. Children can learn on smaller cellos. In orchestras the cellos sit near the front. The player is a cellist.

### examples

- She plays the cello in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x1)
- The cello has a deep, warm sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x2)
- A cello is bigger than a violin but smaller than a double bass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x3)
- My brother practises the cello every evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x4)
- You play the cello sitting down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x5)
- The cellist tuned all four strings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/#x6)

### note

Pronounced «CHEL-oh» (the c sounds like ch, from Italian). Plural: cellos. Short for «violoncello». Player: cellist (also «ch» sound). Not related to «cell» or «sellotape».

### In the corpora

- [In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cello» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cello/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.