violin
(vaɪəlɪn )
Word forms: violins
variable noun A2
A violin is a musical instrument. Violins are made of wood and have four strings. You play the violin by holding it under your chin and moving a bow across the strings.
Lizzie used to play the violin.
...the Brahms violin concerto in D.
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Collocations:
electric violin learn the violin
Towards the end the soloists take up the skeletal electric violin and viola: the effect was possibly more acute in the radio broadcast.
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Other tone colours soon emerged; colours of rage, regret, a blue reverie and the funky buzz of an electric violin - another unexpected sonority.
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It's a traditional place filled with pot plants, knick-knacks and, on my visit, a synth, electric violin and voice trio.
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I loved the introduction of backing singers and instruments like the electric violin.
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He later learned to play the electric violin in 2005.
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He had a lot of time to think, to read and to learn the violin.
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He would still like to learn the violin.
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Right, now you want to learn the violin.
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Can't be bothered to learn the violin?
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At three years old, she began to learn the violin.
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Translations:
Chinese: 小提琴
Japanese: バイオリン