string quartet

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   an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

   Synonymsstring quartette

   Broaderquartet

Questions about string quartet

What does string quartet mean?

string quartet means "an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello".

What is another word for string quartet?

Close synonyms include string quartette. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is string quartet a common word?

string quartet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.