[syn: mezzo-soprano, mezzo]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mezzo \Mez"zo\, a. [It., from L. medius middle, half. See Mid,
a.] (Mus.)
Mean; not extreme.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mezzo
n 1: a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto [syn:
mezzo-soprano, mezzo]
2: the female singing voice between contralto and soprano [syn:
mezzo-soprano, mezzo]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "mezzo":
amidships, average, central, core, equatorial, equidistant,
halfway, interior, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial,
median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mid, middle,
middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway,
nuclear