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the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

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  1. n. the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
  2. n. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
  3. n the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments n a lightweight cord n stringed instruments that are played with a bow n a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed n a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding n a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) n a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening n a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod) n (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop n a collection of objects threaded on a single strand n a necklace made by a stringing objects together; v thread on or as if on a string v add as if on a string v move or come along v stretch out or arrange like a string v string together; tie or fasten with a string v remove the stringy parts of v provide with strings