string

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noun

1 thin cord

ADJECTIVE

▪ taut, tight

▪

He pulled the string tight.

▪ loose

▪ tangled

▪

He had hair like tangled yellow string.

… OF STRING

▪ bit (esp. BrE), length, piece

▪

I cut a length of string to tie up the package.

▪ ball

VERB + STRING

▪ tie, tie sth up with

▪

Tie the string around the package.

▪ undo, untie

▪ wind

▪

He wound the string into a ball.

▪ dangle (sth) on

▪

Next to the phone, there was a pencil dangling on a string.

STRING + NOUN

▪ vest (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ in the string

▪

There's a knot in the string.

▪ string of

▪

a string of pearls

2 on a musical instrument

ADJECTIVE

▪ open

▪ guitar, violin, etc.

▪ A, G, etc.

VERB + STRING

▪ tune

▪ loosen, tighten

▪ pluck

▪ change, replace

▪ break

STRING + VERB

▪ break

▪ vibrate

STRING + NOUN

▪ instrument

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the string

▪

Play it on the G string.

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verb

String is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arrow, ↑bead, ↑wire

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adj.

String is used with these nouns: ↑accompaniment, ↑band, ↑bikini, ↑cheese, ↑instrument, ↑orchestra, ↑section