second violin
The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first…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.
» The second violins aren't playing together.
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1 sensesThe 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
Examples
2 sentencesThe second violins aren't playing together.
The second violins need to play together.
Forms
plural: second violins| Singular | second violin |
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