CELESTA


Meaning of CELESTA in English

[ sɪ'lɛstə ]

(also celeste sɪ'lɛst )

■ noun a small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound.

Origin

C19: pseudo-Latin, based on Fr. céleste ‘heavenly’.

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