ZITHERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zithern mean? 

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

1. a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZITHERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cither; zither; zithern

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zithern"):

dulcimer (a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers)