Word Type

Noun

The word "cello" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

band chamber quartet music shop music store musician's house quartet symphony

Derived Terms

cellist cello player celloist cellolike electric cello guitar cello guitar-cello mandocello violoncello

Etymologically Related To

cellophane violoncello

Context

musical instruments

Has Property

like violin but larger

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bowed stringed instrument string

Type Of (IsA)

acoustic instrument bowed stringed instrument instrument musical instrument string instrument stringed instrument wind instrument

Parts (Meronyms)

back belly bout bridge c-bout c-rib edgework endpin endpin stopper f-hole fine tuner fingerboard front lower bout lower rib neck nut peg pegbox purfling rib saddle scroll shoulder sound hole sound post spike string table tail spike tailgut tailpiece top upper bout upper rib waist

Part Of

string quartet

Related Terms

a bow c cellophane d endpin g violin

Synonym Network

violoncello

Used For

creating music make music music play quartet play tune play wonderful music playing in orchestra playing in quartet

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.