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Trio
//ˈtɹi.əʊ// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Tiriyó. alt-of, alternative
Noun
- 1 A group of three people or things.
"I'm cooking crab cakes with arugula and mayonnaise, griddled lamb with rosemary potatoes and buttered spinach, then a trio of desserts."
- 2 Alternative form of Tiriyó. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
- 3 a musical composition for three performers wordnet
- 4 A group of three musicians.
"Mr. Cleaver latched on to the idea, and within moments, the trio was swinging hard over a walking bass line — the equivalent of a blurred picture coming into unequivocal focus."
- 5 three people considered as a unit wordnet
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- 6 A piece of music written for three musicians.
"I love his music, but it is a bit disconcerting to realize that you could die in extreme old age and still only be familiar with a mere handful of the baryton trios."
- 7 a set of three similar things considered as a unit wordnet
- 8 A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
- 9 three performers or singers who perform together wordnet
- 10 Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.
- 11 the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one wordnet
- 12 Synonym of three-in-one (“type of fast food”).
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes 1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.
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