stringed instrument
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1. a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | instrument, musical instrument, |
| definition | : | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | banjo, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chordophone, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | clavichord, |
| definition | : | an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | clavier, klavier, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument that has a keyboard (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dulcimer, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | guitar, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | koto, |
| definition | : | Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | forte-piano, piano, pianoforte, |
| definition | : | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | psaltery, |
| definition | : | an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | samisen, shamisen, |
| definition | : | a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | sitar, |
| definition | : | a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cither, zither, zithern, |
| definition | : | a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | bridge, |
| definition | : | a wooden support that holds the strings up (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | peg, |
| definition | : | regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | soundboard, sounding board, |
| definition | : | (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | string, |
| definition | : | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed (noun.artifact) |
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