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copedant

UK/kəʊˈpiː.dənt/

copedant noun: the setup of a pedal steel guitar: the tuning plus pedal and knee lever pitch changes.

Noun

copedant (plural copedants)

  1. (rare) The setup of a pedal steel guitar: the tuning plus pedal and knee lever pitch changes.

Forms of copedant

pluralcopedants

Origin of copedant

Pedal steel player Tom Bradshaw coined the term in the 1970s, as an abbreviation for chord-pedal arrangement.

Questions about copedant

What does copedant mean?
Copedant means the setup of a pedal steel guitar: the tuning plus pedal and knee lever pitch changes.
What part of speech is copedant?
Copedant is a noun.
How do you pronounce copedant?
Copedant is pronounced /kəʊˈpiː.dənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of copedant?
The plural of copedant is copedants.

Words near copedant in the dictionary

  1. Cope's rule
  2. copeck
  3. copecks
  4. coped
  5. coped with
  6. copedant
  7. copedants
  8. copedst
  9. Copeh
  10. Copehan
  11. copei

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