Sextet

/sɛkstˈɛt/

/ˌsɛkˈstɛt/

[noun]

Sextet

[NOUN]

a group consisting of six musicians or singers who perform together

synonyms : sestet

sextette

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

synonyms : Captain Hicks

a musical piece written for six singers or instruments

synonyms : sestet

sextette

six people considered as a unit

synonyms : sextette

sixsome

a set of six similar things considered as a unit

synonyms : sestet

sextette

Examples

1. It's a sextet for three strings, two winds, and a piano.

2. Johnson: A sextet there, here's a quartet there.

3. He built a device called a sextet, a tool that measures the distance between the horizon and celestial objects like stars and planets to roughly estimate where he was and where he should steer his raft.

4. Robert finds a book about Adam’s voyage back home to San Francisco in Vyvyan’s mansion and then later, his own letters and sextet, is listened to and read by Luisa Rey Who just so happens to be our next story.

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