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Definition of string adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

string

adjective
 
/strɪŋ/
 
/strɪŋ/
 [only before noun]
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    musical instrument

  1. consisting of musical instruments that have strings; connected with these musical instruments
    • a string quartet
    • a string player
    Topics Musicc1

    2. made of string

  2. made of string or something like string
    • a string bag/vest
    3. Word OriginOld English streng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.
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