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string

noun verb

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
S
Ends with
G
Contains
TR
Scrabble score
7
CEFR level
A2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

stɹɪŋ

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. Stringed instruments that are played with a bow

    “The strings played superlatively well”

noun

  1. A necklace made by stringing objects together

    “A string of beads”

noun

  1. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

    “He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag”

noun

  1. A lightweight cord

noun

  1. A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

noun

  1. A collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand

noun

  1. A linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

noun

  1. A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

    “A string of islands”

noun

  1. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

noun

  1. A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

verb

  1. Add as if on a string

    “String these ideas together”

verb

  1. Provide with strings

    “String my guitar”

verb

  1. Thread on or as if on a string

    “String pearls on a string”

verb

  1. Remove the stringy parts of

    “String beans”

verb

  1. String together; tie or fasten with a string

    “String the package”

verb

  1. Stretch out or arrange like a string

verb

  1. Move or come along

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Example Sentences

The strings played superlatively well
A string of beads
A strand of pearls
He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
A string of islands
Train of mourners
A train of thought
String these ideas together
String up these songs and you'll have a musical
String my guitar
String pearls on a string
The child drew glass beads on a string
Thread dried cranberries
String beans
String the package

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