| NOUN | artifact | harp | a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck |
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| artifact | harp | a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade | |
| artifact | harp, harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp | a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | |
| VERB | communication | harp, dwell | come back to |
| creation | harp | play the harp |
| Sounds | hhaa'rp | |
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| Rhymes | Arp ... Tharp: 7 rhymes with aarp... | |
| Meaning | A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers. | |
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| Narrower | aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp | A harp having strings tuned in unison |
| lyre | A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment | |
| Broader | chordophone | A stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers |
| Spanish | arpa, harpa | |
| Catalan | arpa | |
| Nouns | harpist | someone who plays the harp |
| Verbs | harp | play the harp |
| Meaning | A pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade. | |
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| Broader | support | Any device that bears the weight of another thing |
| Meaning | A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. | |
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| Synonyms | harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp | |
| Broader | free-reed instrument | A wind instrument with a free reed |
| Spanish | armónica, arpa, harmónica, harpa | |
| Catalan | arpa, harmònica | |
| Nouns | harpist | someone who plays the harp |
| Verbs | harp | play the harp |
| Meaning | come back to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She is always harping on the same old things" | |
| Synonym | dwell | |
| Broader | repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell | To say, state, or perform again |
| Spanish | seguir en | |
| Meaning | Play the harp. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully" | |
| Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
| Entails | pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off | Pull or pull out sharply |
| Broader | play | Perform music on (a musical instrument) |
| Spanish | arpar | |
| Nouns | harp | a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck |
| harp | a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole | |
| harper | someone who plays the harp | |
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