guitar
A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
Noun 2 meanings
A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
“Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.”
Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
Verb 1 meaning
To play the guitar.
Etymology
From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither, but not related to sitar.
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GUITAR at a glance
GUITAR has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + I 1 + T 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,043 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with guitar
All rhymes- STAR4
- SUPERSTAR11
- ALTAR5
- MORTAR8
- AVATAR9
- NECTAR8
- TARTAR6
- TATAR5
- PLANTAR9
- SCIMITAR12
- MUKHTAR16
- COSTAR8
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