stringed instrument

American  

noun

1. a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow.

   The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.

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stringed instrument British  

noun

1. Also called: chordophone.  any musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string across a soundboard or soundbox

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Example Sentences

Robert Hilton, a retired art teacher with an interest in African and Indian music, would wander over with a lute-like stringed instrument, or one of his other homemade instruments, to provide the entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Other works going under the hammer include the Landscape Sculpture, which looks like a stringed instrument, the brass sculpture Maquette For Winged Figure, and an oil and pencil work called Atlantic Form, Blue.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

His father, Keshubhai Udhas, played the dilruba, a traditional Indian stringed instrument.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Another plays a stringed instrument with acuity and ease, laughing and smiling throughout.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

He rose from his chair and put his stringed instrument on the shelf where he kept it.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry