Sextet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A composition for six voices or six instruments.
  • n. Music A group of six singers or six instrumentalists.
  • n. A group of six.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any group of six people or things
  • n. a composition for six voices or instruments
  • n. a group of six singers or instrumentalists
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See sestet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music:
  • n. A work for sis voices or instruments. Compare quartet and quintet. Also sestet, sextuor.
  • n. A company of six performers who sing or play sextets.
  • n. A bicycle for six riders.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
  • n. six performers or singers who perform together
  • n. a set of six similar things considered as a unit
  • n. six people considered as a unit
  • n. a musical composition written for six performers
  • Equivalent
    sextetto   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    sestet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quintet    duad    septet    triplet    singlet    octad    copolyester    quatrain    octet    Capella