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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster'sor celeste noun Etymology: French célesta, alteration of céleste, literally, heavenly, from Latin caelestis Date: 1899 a keyboard instrument with hammers that strike steel plates producing a tone similar to that of a glockenspiel Oxford Reference Dictionaryn. Mus. a small keyboard instrument resembling a glockenspiel, with hammers striking steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound. Etymology: pseudo-L f. F céleste: see CELESTE Moby Thesaurusbattery, bells, bones, castanets, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone |