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CHORDOPHONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chordophone" is a kind of...):
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chordophone"):
balalaika (a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings)
harp (a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers)
lute (chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard)
mandolin (a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum)
