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ZITHERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("zithern" 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 "zithern"):
dulcimer (a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers)
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