English dictionary
zither
/'z/I//T//@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
Source: WordNet 3.0
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An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped <i>cittern</i>, or <i>cithern</i>.]
Source: webster1913