Defenition of the word viol
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Defenition of the word viol
- Any one of a family of bowed, fretted, stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
- any of a family of instruments that preceded the violin family
- any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
Hyponyms for the word viol
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- bass viol
- gamba
- viola d'amore
- viola da braccio
- viola da gamba
Hypernyms for the word viol
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- bowed stringed instrument
- string
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