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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