Definition of sestet Sestet
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What does sestet mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: sestets |
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| sestet - a rhythmic group of six lines of verse | ||
| sestet - a musical composition written for six performers | ||
| sextet, sextette | ||
| sestet - a set of six similar things considered as a unit | ||
| sextet, sextette | ||
| sestet - six performers or singers who perform together | ||
| sextet, sextette | ||
| sestet - the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | ||
| six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sextuplet, hexad | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sestet (n.)
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. - sestet (n.)
The last six lines of a sonnet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sestet
Sestette, ses′tet, n. the last six lines of a sonnet forming two stanzas of three lines each: (mus.) same as Sextet. [It. sestetto—sesto—L. sextus, sixth.]
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🔤- sestet, noun, singular of sestets.
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