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WIND HARP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wind harp mean? 

WIND HARP (noun)
  The noun WIND HARP has 1 sense:

1. a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over themplay

  Familiarity information: WIND HARP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIND HARP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aeolian harp; aeolian lyre; wind harp

Hypernyms ("wind harp" is a kind of...):

harp (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)


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