SKIP TO CONTENT

muziekinstrument

Definitions of muziekinstrument
  1. noun
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
    synonyms: instrument
    see moresee less
    types:
    draaiorgel, straatorgel
    a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
    bas, basinstrument, bassist, basviool, contrabas
    the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
    mondharp
    a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
    muziekdoos, speeldoos
    produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
    slaginstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
    snaarinstrument
    a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
    blaasinstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
    accordeon, harmonica, harmonika, musette, trekharmonica, trekharmonika, trekzak
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    banjo
    a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
    bas, basviool, contrabas
    largest and lowest member of the violin family
    sousafoon, tuba
    the lowest brass wind instrument
    bombarde, bombardon, steengeschut
    a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
    castagnet, castagnetten, sambabal
    a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
    strijkinstrument
    stringed instruments that are played with a bow
    bugel, koper
    a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
    celesta
    a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
    gong, speelwerk
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
    clavichord(ium), klavechord, klavechord(ium), klavichord
    an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
    kalfsvel, trom, trommel
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    hammondorgel, orgaan
    (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
    klokkenspel
    a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
    gong, tamtam
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick
    gitaar
    a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
    mirliton
    a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
    gehoorvlies, keteltrom, pauk, trommelvlies
    a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
    marimba, xylofoon
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
    orgel, pijporgel
    wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
    orgelpijp, pijp
    the flues and stops on a pipe organ
    forte-piano, klavier, klavierinstrument, pianino, piano, pianoforte, tingeltangel
    a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
    fluit, fluitje
    a tubular wind instrument
    psalter, psalterium
    an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
    sitar
    a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
    dreg, driehoek
    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
    vibrafoon
    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
    citer
    a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
    type of:
    apparaat, hulp, hulpje, hulpmiddel, toestel, utiliteit
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Cite this entry
Style:
MLA
  • MLA
  • APA
  • Chicago

Copy citation
DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘muziekinstrument'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary.com or its editors. Send us feedback
Word Family