violin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violin/vʌɪəˈlɪn/
▶noun a stringed musical instrument of treble pitch, having four strings and a body narrowed at the middle and with two f-shaped soundholes, played with a horsehair bow.
– derivatives
violinist noun.
violinist noun.
'violin' also found in these Oxford entries:
arco
- belly
- bout
- cello
- concertmaster
- double bass
- double-stopping
- f-hole
- fiddle
- fiddle-back
- fiddle pattern
- fiddlestick
- gut
- heel
- kit
- neck
- nut
- pernambuco
- pizzicato
- portamento
- purfle
- rib
- scrape
- sound post
- stop
- Stradivarius
- viola
- viola da braccio
- waist
