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1. violin
noun. ['vaɪəˈlɪn'] 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.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- violino (Italian)
- -ino (Italian)
Rhymes with Violin
- verduin
- kyoung-min
- yan-bin
- wherein
- vanryn
- mcquinn
- mcminn
- mclinn
- mclin
- mcglynn
- mcglinn
- glavine
- eldwin
- chang-hsin
- chagrin
- bongjin
- yalin
- within
- therein
- o'quinn
- oguinn
- o'guinn
- oflynn
- o'flynn
- mcguinn
- mcginn
- levin
- laminne
- kaylynn
- itkin
Sentences with violin
1. Noun, singular or mass
Measure a violin bow that you use or that has a good fit.
Quotes about violin
1. It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
- Mstislav Rostropovich
2. I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
3. And I'll dance with you in Vienna,I'll be wearing a river's disguise.The hyacinth wild on my shouldermy mouth on the dew of your thighs.And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,with the photographs there and the moss.And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty,my cheap violin and my cross.
- Leonard Cohen, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
