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STRINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strings mean? 

STRINGS (noun)
  The noun STRINGS has 1 sense:

1. the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

  Familiarity information: STRINGS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRINGS (noun)


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Meaning:

The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

string section; strings

Hypernyms ("strings" is a kind of...):

section (a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strings"):

violin section (the section of an orchestra that plays violins)


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