violin meaning

[ˌvaɪəˈlɪn]

[ˌvaɪ̯ɪ̈ˈlɪn]

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The violin, also known as a fiddle, is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, and the cello.
Someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler.
The violin is first known in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier.
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Definition of violin in English Dictionary

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1. (music) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.
  1. 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.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The violins played most strenuously, but no one attended to them.
  - I was asked to play strolling violin for a prom dinner, and when I asked the mother of the prom-goer about the kind of music he liked, she said he really only listens to heavy metal.
  - While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie. — Tennyson.