stringed instrument

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   a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

   Broadermusical instrument

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Questions about stringed instrument

What does stringed instrument mean?

stringed instrument means "a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound".

Is stringed instrument a common word?

stringed 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.