string instrument

English

Noun

string instrument (plural string instruments)

1. (music) A musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings.

Usage notes

• Judging by Google search "string instrument" seems to have about ten times as much usage as "stringed instrument", whereas in Google Ngram "stringed instrument" gets twice the hits of "string instrument". Compared to each, "chordophone" is relatively rare.

Synonyms

• chordophone
• stringed instrument

Hyponyms

• cello
• double bass
• viola
• violin

Derived terms

• string instrumentalist

Translations

musical instrument that produces sound by strings — see stringed instrument