bowed stringed instrument
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| Noun | 1. | bowed stringed instrument - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"cello, violoncello - a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family viola - a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower fiddle, violin - 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 |
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bowed stringed instrument - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"