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piccolo.

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

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪkələʊ/UK/ˈpɪkəloʊ/US
  1. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

  2. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.

  3. A piccolo piano.

    obsolete
  4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.

  5. A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.

    New-York · Southern-US · US
  6. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

Where this word comes from

From Italian piccolo (“small”).

adj/ˈpɪkələʊ/UK/ˈpɪkəloʊ/US
  1. Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.

Where this word comes from

From Italian piccolo (“small”).

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