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

Irish pipes, bouzouki, violin and fiddle also feature in the performance alongside an oud - a stringed instrument often described as similar to the European lute - and Middle Eastern percussion.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

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

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

One driver strums a Punjabi stringed instrument called a tumbi while another keeps a beat with a dhol drum.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

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

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry