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Word entry · 6 letters

violin

Best crossword clue

"Treble bowed string"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/Part of speech nounSorted iilnovStarts with VEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A small four-stringed instrument played with a bow.

Word origin

Derived from Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino.

Used in a sentence

  • “When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.”
  • “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.”
  • “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.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01“Treble bowed string”6 letters
02“Small bowed instrument”6 letters
03“High string instrument”6 letters

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