string band
noun
a band consisting of stringed instruments
an informal name for string orchestra
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Words nearby string band
Strindberg, strine, string, string along, string bag, string band, string bass, string bean, stringboard, stringcourse, stringed
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Example sentences from the Web for string band
Then come a mass of beautiful shrub-like plants which make up the rest of the string-band.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis DarwinThus there were no string-quartets before Haydn—at least none that can be distinguished from symphonies for string-band.