What does "piccolo" mean?

A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

What is a synonym for "piccolo"?

Common synonyms include: aulos, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, block flute, bombard.

//ˈpɪkəloʊ// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
2
a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute wordnet
3
An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
4
A piccolo piano. obsolete
5
A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
"[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs."

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6
A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. New-York, Southern-US, US
7
A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

Adjective

1
Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.
"There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet."

Proper Noun