Definitions for stretto

stretto stret·to

Spelling: [stret-oh]
IPA: /ˈstrɛt oʊ/

Stretto is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in stretto (eorsttt).

Definitions for stretto

noun

  1. the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.

Origin of stretto

1745-55; Italian: literally, narrow Latin strictus. See strict, strait

Examples for stretto

A stretto is a net, and if one is not constantly on the watch, he is caught in its meshes.

The scena ends with a stretto, a concluding passage taken in more rapid tempo in order to enhance the effect.

One of its rules was that every fugue should have a stretto.

The first and last quartet end with a thoroughly worked-out fugue, complete with stretto and inversions.

The chief feature in this brilliant passage is a piling up of the theme in stretto form (see measures 148-153).

He was thinking more of his prima donna than of Elcia when he wrote that stretto.

Word Value for stretto
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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