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CITHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Synonyms:
cither; cithern; citole; cittern; gittern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cither" is a kind of...):
guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cither" is a kind of...):
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cither"):
dulcimer (a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers)
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