ostinato: Meaning and Definition of

os•ti•na•to

Pronunciation: (os"ti-nä'tōIt.ôs"tē-nä'tô), [key]
— pl. -tos.
  1. a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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