stringed instrument

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noun

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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Words nearby stringed instrument

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How to use stringed instrument in a sentence

The record of a stringed instrument, such as a violin, will be almost exactly reproduced.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
A bow, essentially similar to that which he employs in the chase, affords the Bushman a simple stringed instrument.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
I also found a very artistically carved piece of ebony, which is certainly part of a musical stringed instrument.
Troy and its Remains|Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann
It was the cry of an instrument of music, a stringed instrument of some kind, plucked by demure fingers.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens

Psal′tery, a stringed instrument used by the Jews: psalter; Psal′tress, a woman who plays upon the psaltery.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stringed instrument

stringed instrument

noun

any musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string across a soundboard or soundboxAlso called: chordophone

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