PSALTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psaltery mean? 

• PSALTERY (noun)
  The noun PSALTERY has 1 sense:

1. an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

  Familiarity information: PSALTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSALTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("psaltery" is a kind of...):

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