ZITHER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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:

cither; zither; zithern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("zither" 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 "zither"):

dulcimer (a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers)