| NOUN | artifact | zithern, zither, cither | a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board |
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| Meaning | A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers. | |
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| Synonyms | zither, cither | |
| Narrower | dulcimer | A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers |
| Broader | stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
| Spanish | citara, cítara | |
| Catalan | cítara | |
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