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guitar

DEFINITIONS OF: guitar

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n a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

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acoustic guitar
sound is not amplified by electrical means
bass guitar
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
cither, cithern, citole, cittern, gittern
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
electric guitar
a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
Hawaiian guitar, steel guitar
guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
uke, ukulele
a small guitar having four strings
Type of:
stringed instrument
a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
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