guitar (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *guitar*:
NOUN	artifact	guitar	a stringed instrument usually having six strings

guitar > pronunciation
Sounds	gihtaa'r
Rhymes	Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...

English > *guitar*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking.
Parts	fingerboard	A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
Narrower	Hawaiian guitar, steel guitar	guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
	acoustic guitar	sound is not amplified by electrical means
	bass guitar	The guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
	cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern	A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
	electric guitar	A guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
	uke, ukulele	A small guitar having four strings
Broader	stringed instrument	A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
Spanish	guitarra, jarana, sonanta
Catalan	guitarra
Nouns	guitarist	a musician who plays the guitar

HyperDic: guitar