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PLECTRUM
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Irregular inflected form: plectra
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("plectrum" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plectrum"):
guitar pick (a plectrum used to pluck a guitar)