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# rosin

«rosin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hard, sticky, amber-coloured substance made from pine…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (rosin, uncountable); verb (rosin, rosins, rosined, rosining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rosin is a hard, sticky, amber-coloured substance made from pine tree sap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#m1)

2) Violin, viola, cello and double bass players rub rosin on the bow so the hairs grip the strings and make a sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#m2)

3) Athletes such as gymnasts, dancers, baseball pitchers and climbers use powdered rosin to stop their hands or shoes slipping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#m3)

4) To rosin something is to rub rosin on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons rosin is the little block in the violin case; without it the bow makes almost no sound. In science it is an example of a natural resin from trees. In sport and safety it helps with grip. Phrases: rosin the bow, a block of rosin, rosin bag.

### examples

- Before the concert, Mia rubbed rosin on her violin bow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x1)
- Without rosin, the bow just slides and the cello stays quiet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x2)
- Rosin is made from the sap of pine trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x3)
- The ballet dancers dipped their shoes in rosin so they would not slip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x4)
- The baseball pitcher squeezed the rosin bag before throwing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x5)
- Rosin dust collected on the strings, so he wiped them with a cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x6)
- Remember to rosin your bow, but not too much! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some rosin», «a block of rosin». Do not confuse with «resin» (the general word for sticky tree sap or plastic) or with «raisin» (a dried grape). Rosin is a kind of resin.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rosin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.