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Noun: sestet
  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
    - six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sextuplet, hexad
     
  2. Six performers or singers who perform together
    - sextet, sextette
     
  3. A set of six similar things considered as a unit
    - sextet, sextette
     
  4. A musical composition written for six performers
    - sextet, sextette
     
  5. A rhythmic group of six lines of verse

Derived forms: sestets

Type of: composition, digit, figure, musical composition, musical group, musical organisation [Brit], musical organization, opus, piece, piece of music, set, stanza

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