bow
noun [C] (MUSIC) /bəʊ/
/boʊ/ Definition
C2 a long, thin piece of wood with hair from the tail of a horse stretched along it, used to play musical instruments that have strings: Violins are played with bows.String instruments
(Definition of bow noun (MUSIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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