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    ZITHER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 fingersplay

    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)

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