violins

/V AY0 AH0 L IH1 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    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.

    syn:fiddle
  2. 2

    A violinist.

    The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/violin, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/violins