A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.
The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.
To play on, or as if on, a violin.