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