guitar

noun
gui·tar
/ɡɪˈtɑː/

A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

Example

“Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.”

Other meanings

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.

A kind of

stringed instrument

Kinds of guitar

acoustic guitar
bass guitar
steel guitar

Related words

acoustic guitar
air guitar
banjitar
baritone guitar
Baroque guitar
bass guitar
bottleneck guitar
bowed guitar
guitar string
classical guitar
clitar
console steel guitar

Example sentences

“I play guitar in a psychedelic rock band.”
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“They love the sound of acoustic guitars.”
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“The guitar is a portable instrument.”
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Word history

From Ancient Greek "κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “guitar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.