Associations to the word «Quartet»

Wiktionary

QUARTET, noun. (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
QUARTET, noun. (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
QUARTET, noun. A group of four.

Dictionary definition

QUARTET, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
QUARTET, noun. Four performers or singers who perform together.
QUARTET, noun. A set of four similar things considered as a unit.
QUARTET, noun. Four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m.".
QUARTET, noun. A musical composition for four performers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats