violin

Definition

Examples

She has played the violin in the city orchestra for ten years.

Word Family

Synonyms

• fiddlebowed 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

Collocations

• Easy play the violin
  to play the violin, meaning to participate in games or sport
• Medium classical violin concert tickets
  describing classical violin concert tickets (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
• Hard Stradivarius violin auctioned at record price
  describing Stradivarius violin auctioned at record price (Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737))
• Very Hard fiddle the violin while Rome burns
  to fiddle the violin while Rome burns, meaning to avoid (one's assigned duties)