guitar

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
guitar
    n 1: a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by
         strumming or plucking
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Guitar \Gui*tar"\, n. [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra,
   It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ?; cf. L. cithara. Cf. {Cittern},
   {Gittern}.]
   A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the
   violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk
   covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon
   with the fingers.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "guitar":
      Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika,
      banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke,
      bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar,
      lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin, mandolute,
      mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, samisen, sitar, steel guitar,
      tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele

    

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