a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

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

provide with strings

largest and lowest member of the violin family

a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

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

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