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second violins

second violins is the plural of second violin.

Meaning of second violin

Noun

second violin (plural second violins)

  1. The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding; the violin that supplies this part, or (metonymic) the violinist who plays it.
    • Holonyms: string section < orchestra

Questions about second violins

What is second violins the plural of?
Second violins is the plural of second violin.

Words near second violins in the dictionary

  1. second unit
  2. second units
  3. second violin
  4. second violinist
  5. second violinists
  6. second violins
  7. second virginity
  8. Second War
  9. second wave
  10. second waves
  11. second wind

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