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Word entry · 3 letters

duo

Best crossword clue

"Pair of performers"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈdjuː.əʊ/Part of speech nounSorted douStarts with DEnds with O2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a musical composition for two performers

Word origin

From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.

Used in a sentence

  • The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
  • I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Pair of performers3 letters
02Musical twosome3 letters

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