CHIN REST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chin rest mean? 

• CHIN REST (noun)
  The noun CHIN REST has 1 sense:

1. a rest on which a violinist can place the chin

  Familiarity information: CHIN REST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIN REST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rest on which a violinist can place the chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chin rest" is a kind of...):

rest (a support on which things can be put)

Holonyms ("chin rest" is a part of...):

fiddle; violin (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)