Celesta

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A musical instrument with a keyboard and metal plates struck by hammers that produce bell-like tones.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A musical instrument, played from a keyboard of five octaves, in which the sound is produced by the blows of hammers upon steel plates placed over resonators of wood. It was invented by Mustel of Paris in 1886, and has been introduced into some orchestral and operatic scores.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    celestist   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Vesta    cuesta    fiesta    podesta    testa