string section

1. 1.

   the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

   Synonymsstrings

   Broadersection

   Narrowerviolin section

Questions about string section

What does string section mean?

string section means "the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments".

What is another word for string section?

Close synonyms include strings. 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 section a common word?

string section 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.