| NOUN | artifact | harpsichord, cembalo | a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
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| Sounds | hhaa'rpsahkao.rd | |
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| Rhymes | aboard ... Woodward: 73 rhymes with aord... | |
| Meaning | A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots. | |
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| Synonym | cembalo | |
| Narrower | spinet | Early model harpsichord with only one string per note |
| virginal, pair of virginals | A legless rectangular harpsichord | |
| Broader | clavier, Klavier | A stringed instrument that has a keyboard |
| Spanish | clavecín, clavicémbalo, clavicordio | |
| Catalan | clavecí, clavicèmbal | |
| Nouns | harpsichordist | someone who plays the harpsichord |
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