musical instrument

1. 1.

   any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

   Synonymsinstrument

   Broaderdevice

   Narrowerbarrel organhurdy gurdybasscalliopeelectronic instrumentjew's harpkeyboard instrumentmusic boxpercussion instrumentstringed instrument

Questions about musical instrument

What does musical instrument mean?

musical instrument means "any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds".

What is another word for musical instrument?

Close synonyms include instrument. 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.

Is musical instrument a common word?

musical instrument is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.