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Word: Celesta
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: pseudo-Latin, based on French céleste ‘heavenly’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɪˈlɛstə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.
Short Definition:small keyboard instrument
Variant Forms:
- celeste
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