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

Advance single “The Cure” is another highlight, with a rapidly strummed acoustic guitar and steady build that brings to mind Smashing Pumpkins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The brief “Target Practice” opens the LP with a jaunty acoustic guitar figure and Mr. Picton’s somewhat reedy voice, and then adds a string section and massed voices that ratchet up the density and volume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Working his acoustic guitar with a French horn accompaniment — French horns! — he dares us to balance our relentless socioeconomic drive with our deep need to hang out, to while away the hours.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

Nick is back, holding on to this acoustic guitar like a lifeline.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli