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BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stringed instruments that are played with a bow
Example:
the strings played superlatively well
Synonyms:
bowed stringed instrument; string
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bowed stringed instrument" is a kind of...):
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)
Meronyms (parts of "bowed stringed instrument"):
fingerboard (a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowed stringed instrument"):
bass fiddle; bass viol; bull fiddle; contrabass; double bass; string bass (largest and lowest member of the violin family)
cello; violoncello (a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing)
viol (any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family)
viola (a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower)
fiddle; violin (bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow)
