acoustic guitar

American  

noun

acoustic guitars plural

1. a traditional, unamplified guitar.

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acoustic guitar British  

noun

1. an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way Compare electric guitar

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• acoustic guitars
  plural

Example Sentences

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acoustic guitar

And she was adventurous enough to employ down-home lead acoustic guitar, banjo and jug-band backing on several cuts when very few associated with jazz would go there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

After getting a pep talk from Ted Lasso and his assistant coach Beard, Bieber changed the pace of the otherwise energetic performances with an acoustic guitar version of 'Everything Hallelujah'.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The original song, as released, is straightforward folk, just the Boss and his acoustic guitar.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

Over a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, she describes a desire to get off the grid and return to wide-open spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

What should he play, solo, with an acoustic guitar?

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge