OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3661

violin

/ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
violín
A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
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.
When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.
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