quartet
About 1.97 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A group of four people or things, particularly A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
The string quartet played some chamber music.
- noun A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.
The string quartet played some chamber music.
- noun A musical composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
He composed a string quartet.
- noun A group of four singers that sing together in four-part harmony.
The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.
Similar words
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Word family
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