Dobro

American  

[doh-broh] / ˈdoʊ broʊ /

Trademark.

1. a brand of acoustic guitar commonly used in country music, usually played on the lap and having a raised bridge and a metal resonator cone that produces a tremulous, moaning sound.

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noun

plural

Dobros

1. (lowercase) any guitar of this type.

Dobro British  

/ ˈdəʊbrəʊ /

noun

1. an acoustic guitar having a metal resonator built into the body

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Example Sentences

“We started talking ‘Scarecrow,’ and as pure coincidence, he said, ‘Oh, I just learned the banjo and the dobro,’” Murdy says.

From Los Angeles Times

Weaving around the many period-rich diegetic songs, he took a 1932 Dobro resonator guitar — the same one that Caton’s character, Sammy, plays in the film — and channeled his father’s blues-loving DNA.

From Los Angeles Times

In the late 1980s, Mr. McReynolds toured and recorded with the Masters, a bluegrass supergroup that included the fiddler Kenny Baker, the dobro player Josh Graves and the banjo player and guitarist Eddie Adcock.

From New York Times

“Dad told me that Dylan picked up a dobro and was swinging it around in a circle over his head,” Luther Dickinson says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Oelze adorned it with several emblems of the club’s past: a statue of deceased doorman William Edwin “Pudge” Tarbett in the dance hall and a mural of the dobro played by the Seldom Scene’s Mike Auldridge on the outer wall.

From Washington Post