(programming) A string of text characters serving as a template for other strings, such as dd/MM/yyyy for a date.

plural of string stop

(music) An organ stop having the tone of a string instrument.

To have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.

(idiomatic, obsolete, informal) An estate held by a man during his wife's life.

Alternative form of have the world by the tail

(informal, idiomatic) To dwell on a single subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence.

plural of nylon-string guitar

(music) A guitar strung with nylon strings and with a neck that joins the body at the twelfth rather than the fourteenth fret, as in a typical guitar.

plural of four-string guitar