Definition of "violins" []

• Plural form of violin. (noun)
• The violin section of an orchestra (noun)

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• "In a recently released study aimed at demystifying the Stradivari violin, researchers in France and Germany subjected five of his violins from a museum collection to a series of spectroscopic and microscopic tests."
• "The orchestra did sterling work all evening, most notably in the beauty the violins were able to sustain in the febrile writing at the upper end of their range, and in the huge, burnished sound the lower brass unleashed in their solos."
• "But the melody called to him, louder now and more insistent, and mingled with the throb of the violins was the sound of voices and laughter."