STRING


Meaning of STRING in English

n. 25B6; noun

a ball of string : TWINE, cord, yarn, thread, strand.

a string of brewers : CHAIN, group, firm, company.

a string of convictions : SERIES, succession, chain, sequence, run, streak.

a string of wagons : QUEUE, procession, line, file, column, convoy, train, cavalcade.

a string of pearls : STRAND, rope, necklace.

a guaranteed loan with no strings : CONDITIONS, qualifications, provisions, provisos, caveats, stipulations, riders, prerequisites, limitations, limits, constraints, restrictions; informal catches.

( strings ) an instrumental piece for horns and strings. : See list.

25B6; verb

lights were strung across the promenade : HANG, suspend, sling, stretch, run; thread, loop, festoon.

beads strung on a silver chain : THREAD, loop, link.

25A0; string along GO ALONG, come too, accompany, join (up with).

25A0; string someone along (informal) MISLEAD, deceive, take advantage of, dupe, hoax, fool, make a fool of, play with, toy with, dally with, trifle with; informal lead up the garden path, take for a ride.

25A0; string something out

stringing out a story : SPIN OUT, drag out, lengthen.

airfields strung out along the Gulf : SPREAD OUT, space out, distribute, scatter.

25A0; string someone up (informal) HANG, lynch, gibbet.

Stringed Instruments

See also keyboard . kora

acoustic guitar koto

aeolian harp lute

archlute lyre

arpeggione mandola

autoharp mandolin

balalaika orpharion

bandora/bandura oud

banjo pedal steel guitar

banjolele/banjulele pipa

banjolin psaltery

baryton rebab

bass guitar rebec

bass lute requinto

bass viol samisen

biwa santoor

bouzouki sarangi

cello sarod

Celtic harp saz

charango sitar

chitarrone steel/steel-string guitar

cimbalom string bass

citole tamboura

cittern tamburitza

clarsach theorbo

classical guitar trigon

contrabass triple harp

cuatro twelve-string guitar

dobro (trademark) ukulele

double bass veena

dulcimer vihuela de arco

electric guitar vihuela de mano

erhu viol

fiddle viola

gamba viola bastarda

gittern viola da gamba

guitar viola d'amore

gusli violetta

harp violin

Hawaiian guitar violoncello

hurdy-gurdy violone

kanoon Welsh harp

kantele wind harp

kithara zither

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