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

string

adjective

/strɪŋ/

[only before noun]

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musical instrument

consisting of musical instruments that have strings; connected with these musical instruments

a string quartet
a string player

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made of string

made of string or something like string

a string bag/vest

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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string noun
string verb
G-string noun
string up
string bass noun
string bean noun
string out
string vest noun
first string noun
first-string adjective
second string noun
second-string adjective
string along
string cheese noun
third-string adjective
string together
string bean
string basses
string beans
string vests

Phrasal verbs

string somebody along
string something out
string somebody up
string along (with somebody)
string something together

Idioms

how long is a piece of string?
have another string/more strings to your bow

Nearby words

string noun
string verb
string adjective
string along phrasal verb
string bass noun

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adverb

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