sestet meaning

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sestet (noun): a musical composition written for six performers.

sestet has 5 meanings in this dictionary.

sestet as a noun

  1. a musical composition written for six performers

    Synonyms: sextet, sextette

    Type of: musical composition

  2. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

    Synonyms: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sextuplet, hexad

    Type of: digit

  3. six performers or singers who perform together

    Synonyms: sextet, sextette

    Type of: musical organization

  4. a set of six similar things considered as a unit

    Synonyms: sextet, sextette

    Type of: set

  5. a rhythmic group of six lines of verse

    Type of: stanza

Scrabble score: 6 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in ET · 6-letter words

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