Orchestra and Trio

Orchestra

Orchestra noun - A usually large group of musicians playing together.

Usage example: the orchestra will be performing a selection of Beethoven pieces tomorrow night

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Trio and orchestra are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trio" instead a noun "Orchestra".

Trio noun - A group of three.

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Orchestra and trio are semantically related. You can use "Orchestra" instead a noun "Trio".

musical	musical orchestra	musical trio
popular	popular orchestra	popular trio
responsible	responsible orchestra	responsible trio
actual	actual orchestra	actual trio
Other adjectives: entire, big, main, alternative, famous, new, classical.

Yellow Magic Orchestra have always been primarily thought of as a trio, but several of their collaborators (such as Chris Mosdell and Peter Barakan, who wrote most of the band's English lyrics) have been unofficially considered the band's "fourth member".

Source: Sixth Ranger
Linda Ronstadt recorded a trio of albums of jazz standards in the 1980s (What's New, Lush Life and For Sentimental Reasons) with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, followed in 2004 with another album of jazz standards (Hummin' To Myself) with a jazz combo.

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