electric guitar
noun
a guitar equipped with electric or magnetic pickups that permit its sound to be amplified and fed to a loudspeaker.
electric guitars
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pluralof electric guitar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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U.S. sales of electric guitars have cooled since a surge during the Covid-19 pandemic when consumers aspired to learn to play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
They were huddled, with several other members of the band, in a small studio in Khartoum, surrounded by electric guitars, keyboards, drums and saxophones, writing lyrics and recording new music.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Slipshod electric guitars spin like a lazy kite around strident acoustic guitars and a buoyant rhythm section.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
Back in 2013, David Lynch was in his home recording studio late one morning, surrounded by electric guitars of different shapes and colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
It was as if the aliens had come down to Earth at last but what they wanted was not our genetic code, or our fresh water, or our electric guitars.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
