| ADJECTIVE | all | plucked | of a stringed instrument |
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| all | plucked | having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl |
| Sounds | plah'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abduct ... viaduct: 19 rhymes with ahkt... | |
| Meaning | Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum. | |
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| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Narrower | pizzicato | (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger |
| Opposite | bowed | Of a stringed instrument |
| Spanish | punteado | |
| Meaning | Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl. | |
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| Example | "a plucked chicken" | |
| Broader | unfeathered, featherless | Having no feathers |
| Spanish | desplumado | |
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