Thesaurus: harps
n a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers n a pair of curved vertical …
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- n a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers n a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade n a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole v come back to v play the harp