VIOLIN

violin, fiddle

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

violin (plural violins)

(musical instrument) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.

(music) A violinist.

Synonyms

• fiddle

Verb

violin (third-person singular simple present violins, present participle violining, simple past and past participle violined)

(ambitransitive) To play on, or as if on, a violin.

Anagrams

• olivin

Source: Wiktionary

Vi`o*lin", n. Etym: [It. violino, dim. of viola. See Viol.] (Mus.)

Definition: A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

Note: The violin is distinguished for the brilliancy and gayety, as well as the power and variety, of its tones, and in the orchestra it is the leading and most important instrument.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition