"sextet" in the noun sense
1. sextet, sextette, sestet
a musical composition written for six performers
2. six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
3. sextet, sextette, sestet
six performers or singers who perform together
4. sextet, sextette, sestet
a set of six similar things considered as a unit
5. sextet, sextette, sixsome
six people considered as a unit
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