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chinrest

US/ˈt͡ʃɪnˌɹɛst/

chinrest noun: a shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.

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Noun

chinrest (plural chinrests)

  1. A shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.

chinrest meaning in Tamil

chinrest in Tamil

தாடை

Forms of chinrest

pluralchinrests
alternative formchin-rest
alternative formchin rest

Origin of chinrest

From chin + rest.

Questions about chinrest

What does chinrest mean?
Chinrest means a shaped piece of wood, plastic, etc. attached to the body of a violin or viola to aid in the positioning of the player's chin against on the instrument.
What is chinrest in Tamil?
Chinrest in Tamil is தாடை. See Chinrest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chinrest?
Chinrest is a noun.
How do you pronounce chinrest?
Chinrest is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪnˌɹɛst/ (US).
What is the plural of chinrest?
The plural of chinrest is chinrests.

Words near chinrest in the dictionary

  1. chinquapin
  2. chinquapin oak
  3. chinquapin oaks
  4. chinquapin rose
  5. chinquapins
  6. chinrest
  7. chinrests
  8. chins
  9. chins up
  10. chinse
  11. chinsed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinrest (page history and authors); chinrest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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