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Mezzo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mezzo has 2 senses
- mezzo(n = noun.person) mezzo-soprano - a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto; Array is a kind of soprano
- mezzo(n = noun.communication) mezzo-soprano - the female singing voice between contralto and soprano; Array is a kind of singing voice
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Mean; not extreme. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mezzo, adv. & n. Mus.
--adv. half, moderately.
--n. (in full mezzo-soprano) (pl. -os)
1 a a female singing-voice between soprano and contralto. b a singer with this voice.
2 a part written for mezzo-soprano.
--adv. half, moderately.
--n. (in full mezzo-soprano) (pl. -os)
1 a a female singing-voice between soprano and contralto. b a singer with this voice.
2 a part written for mezzo-soprano.
Idiom
mezzo forte fairly loud. mezzo piano fairly soft.
Etymology
It., f. L medius middle
THESAURUS
Mezzo
amidships, average, central, core, equatorial, equidistant, halfway, interior, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, nuclear
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