Antonyms for quartet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwawr-tet

Phonetic Transcription : kwɔrˈtɛt

Definition of quartet

Origin : 1773, "musical composition for four instruments or voices," from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, diminutive of quarto "fourth," from Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart). Meaning "set of four singers or musical performers" is from 1814.

As in four : noun four of something
As in ensemble : noun collection

Example sentences :

The quartet in the Beebe store watched his departure from the windows.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

They sing a quartet, and with the most complete purity and melody.
Extract from : « Strife and Peace » by Fredrika Bremer

The other three members were tools over whom the quartet had obtained some hold.
Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts

And as he paused now to decide upon his program, he thought of that quartet.
Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

The quartet had poor Blumpo down on his back and were kicking him as hard as they could.
Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill

The quartet that empties its crock first wins the game, and then the sets of players change.
Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara

A New York policeman could have managed that quartet with one hand.
Extract from : « A House-Boat on the Styx » by John Kendrick Bangs

But Prometheus, the smallest of the quartet, has a way all his own.
Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe

We have failed to note that the doctor was the 'cello in the quartet.
Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

This quartet of bachelors sleep in bunks, two above the others.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume I, Issue 2, February 1891 » by Various

Synonyms for quartet

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