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violin
[ vahy-uh-lin ]
noun
- the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
- a violinist or part for a violin.
violin
/ ˌvaɪəˈlɪn /
noun
- a bowed stringed instrument, the highest member of the violin family, consisting of a fingerboard, a hollow wooden body with waisted sides, and a sounding board connected to the back by means of a soundpost that also supports the bridge. It has two f-shaped sound holes cut in the belly. The instrument, noted for its fine and flexible tone, is the most important of the stringed instruments. It is held under the chin when played. Range: roughly three and a half octaves upwards from G below middle C
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Origin of violin1
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Example Sentences
If a stellar-mass black hole is a violin, an IMBH is a double bass.
The Democrats will emphasize the violin stories, and they will exist, too.
One hat in the Press Room is designed from black velvet with a violin perched on top of a skull cap.
On the right, there emerged on Tuesday a universally mocking view that Russia is playing Obama like a cheap violin.
The woman who played an omnipotent American president like her personal violin.
Frulein Fichtner had already departed, but the first violinist played Mendelssohn's famous concerto for violin.
He is on the violin what Liszt is on the piano, and is the only artist worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with him.
As soon as Oertling touched his violin I saw that he was a superior artist, and that immediately inspired me.
The Violin is an instrument which, though small and of trifling original cost, has yet commanded most extraordinary prices.
The two most pleasing, expressive, and powerful single instruments of music are the human voice and the violin.
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