string
Noun
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is a type of: cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threadssubtypes:
- chalk line, snap line, snapline - a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface
- packthread - a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
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is a type of: stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of soundsubtypes:
- bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass - largest and lowest member of the violin family
- cello, violoncello - a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
- viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
- viola - a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
- fiddle, violin - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
has: fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingerssame as: bowed stringed instrument -
is a type of: cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threadssubtypes: snare - strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
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is a type of: series - similar things placed in order or happening one after anothersame as: train
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is a type of: sequence - serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent patternsubtypes:
- extension, file name extension, filename extension - a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- linguistic string, string of words, word string - a linear sequence of words as spoken or written
- substring - a string that is part of a longer string
has: language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed -
is a type of: tie - a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tiedsubtypes: purse string - a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purseis a part of: drawstring bag - a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstringsame as: drawing string, drawstring
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referred to in: cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universeis a type of: elementary particle, fundamental particle - (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all mattersame as: cosmic string
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is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a wholesubtypes: beads, string of beads - several beads threaded together on a string
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is a type of: necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
Verb
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is a type of: add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope ofsame as: string up
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is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sensesame as: string along
Found on Word Lists
- Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
- Nouns denoting substances
- Specific
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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