mezzo : Idioms & Phrases


mezzo-relievo

  • noun a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
    half-relief; mezzo-relievo.
WordNet
Mez"zo-re*lie"vo noun
Definitions
  1. Mezzo-rilievo.
Webster 1913

mezzo-rilievo

  • noun a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief
    half-relief; mezzo-relievo.
WordNet
Mez"zo-ri*lie"vo noun
Etymology
It.
Definitions
  1. A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.
  2. Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
Webster 1913

mezzo-soprano

  • noun a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
    mezzo.
  • noun the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
    mezzo.
WordNet
Mez"zo-so*pra"no adjective
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n. (a) A mezzo-soprano voice. (b) A person having such a voice.
Webster 1913