a stringed instrument

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• stringed instrument — stringed instruments N COUNT A stringed instrument is a musical instrument that has strings, such as a violin or a guitar …   English dictionary

• stringed instrument — n a musical instrument such as a ↑violin, that produces sound from a set of ↑strings →↑brass, percussion ↑percussion, the strings/the string section ↑the strings/the string section, wind instrument ↑wind instrument, woodwind ↑woodwind …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stringed instrument — 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. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …   Universalium

• stringed instrument — noun a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑banjo, ↑bowed stringed instrument, ↑string, ↑chordophone, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• stringed instrument — UK [ˌstrɪŋd ˈɪnstrʊmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms stringed instrument : singular stringed instrument plural stringed instruments one of a group of musical instruments that have strings, for example the guitar and the violin …   English dictionary

• stringed instrument — stringed in|stru|ment [ ,strıŋd ınstrumənt ] noun count one of a group of musical instruments that have strings, for example the guitar and the VIOLIN …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bowed stringed instrument — noun stringed instruments that are played with a bow the strings played superlatively well • Syn: ↑string • Derivationally related forms: ↑string (for: ↑string) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Stringed instrument tunings — This is a list of tunings for stringed musical instruments. Strings or courses are listed from low to high pitch, reading from left to right facing the front of the instrument standing vertically. (The are a few exceptions to this, for instance… …   Wikipedia

• stringed instrument — noun Any of very many musical instruments in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound Syn: string, string instrument …   Wiktionary

• stringed instrument — musical instrument whose sounds are created via strumming or plucking on their strings …   English contemporary dictionary

• stringed instrument — noun (C) a musical instrument that produces sound from a set of strings (string1 (4)), such as a violin …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English