VIOL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("viol" is a kind of...):

bowed stringed instrument; string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viol"):

viola da braccio (a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola)

bass viol; gamba; viola da gamba (viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello)

viola d'amore (viol that is the tenor of the viol family)