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    orchestra
    or‧ches‧tra /ˈɔːkəstrə, ˈɔːkɪstrə $ ˈɔːr-/ noun
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: Greek, from orcheisthai 'to dance'
    1. [countable also + plural verb British English] a large group of musicians playing many different kinds of instruments and led by a conductor:
        the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
        the school orchestra
    2. orchestra section/seats American English the area of seats in a theatre close to and on the same level as the stage
         
    THESAURUS
    ■ parts of an orchestra
       ▪ the wind/woodwind section the instruments such as flutes, clarinets, and saxophones
       ▪ the strings/the string section the instruments that have strings, for example violins
       ▪ the brass/the brass section the instruments made of metal that you blow through, for example trumpets
       ▪ the percussion/the percussion section the instruments such as drums and tambourines