string quartet

noun

1
: a composition for string quartet
2
: a quartet of performers on stringed instruments usually including a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello

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Throughout dinner, a string quartet played, only pausing as friends and family gave their speeches. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024 The bowing sounds of a string quartet open Faye Webster‘s Tiny Desk Concert. — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025 If an ultra-aged expression is like a symphony, with each eaux-de-vie representing a single note, then artisan bottlings are more like a string quartet or a solo performance. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 The new one is his third album with a string quartet (second with Mivos) and second full ensemble with no bass. — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for string quartet

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First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of string quartet was in 1875

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