Definition of guitar
Nouns
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
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bass guitar
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
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cither, cithern, citole, cittern, gittern
a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
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electric guitar
a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
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Hawaiian guitar, steel guitar
guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
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uke, ukulele
a small guitar having four strings
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stringed instrument
a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
Vocabulary Lists for guitar
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun »(384 words)
- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
- angel dust
- renege
- boll
- cotton gin
- Easter Day
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - Beginning »(773 words)
Vocabulary words from The Canterbury Tales, from...
- Theseus
- narcotise
- citole
- drey
- girasol
- accent
- accompaniment
- act
- action
- actor
- bar
- bend
- blues
- Britain
- chain gang