string quartet

noun

: a composition for string quartet

: a quartet of performers on stringed instruments usually including a first and second violin, a viola, and a cello

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Next door, Billboard Onboard is a singalong piano bar, and just down the hall is B.B. King’s Blues Club, which pumps blistering soul, rock, and blues, with the addition of a classical string quartet on longer European sailings. —

David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024 Some of that theatrical engagement was missing in the Pacifica Quartet’s account of Ives’s string quartets, which came two nights after the Jackiw-Denk concert. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 It could also be called a song cycle that employs ear-piercing rock and, for respite, a welcoming string quartet. —

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 Nothing epitomizes a Regency wedding quite like a string quartet playing one of Coldplay’s most annoying earworms — and a spectacular gown in which to march down the aisle. —

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for string quartet

Word History

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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“String quartet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20quartet. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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