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STRINGED INSTRUMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stringed instrument" is a kind of...):
instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)
Meronyms (parts of "stringed instrument"):
peg (regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument)
bridge (a wooden support that holds the strings up)
soundboard; sounding board ((music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stringed instrument"):
banjo (a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body)
bowed stringed instrument; string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)
chordophone (a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers)
clavichord (an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound)
clavier; Klavier (a stringed instrument that has a keyboard)
dulcimer (a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings)
guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)
koto (Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers)
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
psaltery (an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings)
samisen; shamisen (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)
sitar (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)
cither; zither; zithern (a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers)
