orchestral

US/ˌɔɹˈkɛstɹəl/

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Orchestral means written for or played by a full body of musicians. An orchestral score.

It implies scale, since an orchestral arrangement of anything makes it bigger. Orchestral music is written in a score where every part is stacked on one page.

Definitions of orchestral

1adjectiveorchestralWritten for or played by a full body of musicians.B2+
“The orchestral version ran four minutes longer.”

orchestral is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin
orchēstra
English
orchestra
English, today
orchestral

From orchestra + -al. orchestra Borrowed from Latin orchēstra.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

orchestral in the wild

The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum (in Italian: gran cassa, gran tamburo).
Bass drum
A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces.
Suite (music)
The term generally signifies the Western orchestral instrument, but may also refer to the Chinese woodblock.
Woodblock (instrument)
The orchestral woodblock of the West is generally made from teak or another hardwood.
Woodblock (instrument)
The New World Symphony (NWS) is an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida.
New World Symphony (orchestra)

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Related words

the orchēstra family

orchestra

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