Definitions
a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
Word origin
Clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).
Used in a sentence
“Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."”
“Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to^([sic]) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Low bowed string”5 letters
02“Low string instrument”5 letters
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