Definitions
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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