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MOUTH BOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mouth bow mean? 

MOUTH BOW (noun)
  The noun MOUTH BOW has 1 sense:

1. a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavityplay

  Familiarity information: MOUTH BOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUTH BOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jew's harp; jews' harp; mouth bow

Hypernyms ("mouth bow" is a kind of...):

instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)


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