steel guitar

noun
1.
an acoustic, hand-held guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
2.
a pedal steel guitar.
3.
a Hawaiian guitar.
Origin:
1925–30

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steel guitar
 
—n
Hawaiian guitar See pedal steel guitar

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