n.
 (pl. trios)
  - a set or group of three. ▸(in piquet) a set of three aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens held in one hand. 
- a group of three musicians. ▸a composition written for three musicians. ▸the central section of a minuet, scherzo, or march. 
Etymology
  C18: from Ital., from L. tres ‘three’.