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soprano
1. A woman, girl, or young boy with the highest register of singing voice.
2. The highest register of singing voice a woman, girl, or boy can have.
3. A singing part written for someone with the highest register of voice.
4. A musical instrument; especially, a wind instrument, with the highest or second-highest pitch of instruments in its family.
5. Etymology: "the highest singing voice", from Italian soprano, "the treble in music"; literally, "high", from sopra, "above"; from Latin supra, singular of super.
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Word Entries at Get Words: “soprano”
soprano (s) (noun), sopranos; soprani; sopranoes (pl))
1. In music, the part that is higher in pitch than alto: The song Jill had to sing was for soprano, and the notes were all in the treble cleff, which was quite a challenge for her to reach the highest notes!
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