WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
stringed′ in′strument,
- Music and Dancea musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow:The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.
'stringed instrument' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Psalter
- Spanish guitar
- a punta d'arco
- accordatura
- aeolian harp
- artificial harmonics
- bandore
- bandura
- baryton
- bourdon
- bow
- bower
- bowing
- box
- cello
- chitarrone
- chordophone
- cittern
- col legno
- coll' arco
- double bass
- double stop
- down-bow
- f-hole
- fingerboard
- gittern
- guitar
- harmonics
- harp
- heptachord
- instrument
- koto
- lute
- lyre
- mandolin
- minstrel
- nabla
- natural harmonics
- neck
- peg
- pegbox
- piano
- pick
- picker
- pizzicato
- plunk
- position
- psaltery
- purfle
- rebec