stringed instrument

noun

1. a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow:

   The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.

stringed instrument

noun

1. any musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string across a soundboard or soundbox Also calledchordophone

Example Sentences

The record of a stringed instrument, such as a violin, will be almost exactly reproduced.

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A bow, essentially similar to that which he employs in the chase, affords the Bushman a simple stringed instrument.

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I also found a very artistically carved piece of ebony, which is certainly part of a musical stringed instrument.

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It was the cry of an instrument of music, a stringed instrument of some kind, plucked by demure fingers.

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Psal′tery, a stringed instrument used by the Jews: psalter; Psal′tress, a woman who plays upon the psaltery.

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