STRING SECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does string section mean? 

• STRING SECTION (noun)
  The noun STRING SECTION has 1 sense:

1. the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

  Familiarity information: STRING SECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRING SECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

string section; strings

Hypernyms ("string section" is a kind of...):

section (a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "string section"):

violin section (the section of an orchestra that plays violins)