guitar
(noun) a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
guitar (plural guitars)
(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
(musical instrument) Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
• axe (slang)
• gat (New Zealand slang)
• chordophone
• lute
• stringed instrument
• acoustic guitar
• electric guitar
guitar (third-person singular simple present guitars, present participle guitaring, simple past and past participle guitared)
(rare) To play the guitar.
• Ugarit
Source: Wiktionary
Gui*tar", n. Etym: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
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