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CLAVICHORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clavichord mean?
• CLAVICHORD (noun)
The noun CLAVICHORD has 1 sense:
1. an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
Familiarity information: CLAVICHORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clavichord" is a kind of...):
keyboard instrument (a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard)
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)
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