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noun
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
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Guitar
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Example Sentences
- His fascination with the guitar grew into a career and his own showroom.
- People have chosen objects as varied as a baseball, a diamond, and a guitar string.
- The result is a gorgeous sounding guitar that is unbelievably cheaper than similar custom guitars.
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World English Dictionary
| guitar (ɡɪˈtɑː) | |
| —n | |
| music electric guitar bass guitar See also Hawaiian guitar a plucked stringed instrument originating in Spain, usually having six strings, a flat sounding board with a circular sound hole in the centre, a flat back, and a fretted fingerboard. Range: more than three octaves upwards from E on the first leger line below the bass staff | |
| [C17: from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qītār, from Greek kithara | |
| gui'tarist | |
| —n | |
| gui'tar-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
guitar
1621, ult. from Gk. kithara "cithara," a stringed musical instrument related to the lyre, perhaps from Pers. sihtar (see sitar); the name reached Eng. several times, including early 14c. giterne, in reference to various stringed, guitar-like instruments; the modern word is
EXPANDdirectly from Sp. guittara, from Arabic qitar, from the Gk.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
guitar definition
A stringed musical instrument (see strings) usually played by strumming or plucking. Guitars are widely used in folk music and, often amplified electronically, in country and western music and rock 'n' roll.
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