violin
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.
Example
“When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.”
Other meanings
Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass.
“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.”
A violinist in an orchestra or group.
“The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room.”
Synonyms
- fiddle
A kind of
- bowed stringed instrument
Related words
- false violin spider
- horn violin
- horn-violin
- kit-violin
- play someone like a violin
- Stroh violin
- violin maker
- violin plot
- violin spider
- world's smallest violin
- world's tiniest violin
- Chinese violin
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “violin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.