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string orchestra

noun

  1. an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

At first only the string orchestra is heard, always pizzicato.

If there is music have a string orchestra concealed behind palms in a corner of the hall or dining-room.

As soon as they are good enough I will annex them to our string orchestra.

A string orchestra—conducted by Strauss himself—played French melodies of the eighteenth century.

Occasionally he heard interesting sounds from below, music from a string orchestra, laughter of women, and the bass voices of men.

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