mouth bow

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   a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity

   Synonymsjew's harpjews' harp

   Broadermusical instrument

Questions about mouth bow

What does mouth bow mean?

mouth bow means "a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity".

What is another word for mouth bow?

Close synonyms include jew's harp, jews' harp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.