Definition of "violoncello" []

• A cello. (noun)

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• "My violoncello was the inspiration for the Man Ray derivation on my back."
• "People have been playing the instrument, formally known as the violoncello, since the mid-16th century."
• "a kind of violoncello, the "tschibyzga," a long reed flute; wind instruments, tom-toms, tambourines, united with the deep voices of the singers, formed a strange harmony."