Violin

Definitions

1. A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
2. Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass.
   proscribed, sometimes
3. A violinist in an orchestra or group.
   metonymically

Equivalents

Examples

“When I play⟳ it like⟳ this, it's a fiddle; when I play⟳ it like⟳ this, it's a violin.”

“She was looking more like⟳ Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give⟳ her a violin, and she could have⟳ walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.”

“The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.”

“The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room.”

“She is first violin in the London Symphony Orchestra.”

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