dobro
/ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/
dobro noun: an acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
Noun (1)
dobro (plural dobros)
- An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
- The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- resonator guitar
Noun (2) capitalized: Dobro
Dobro (plural Dobros)
- A type of acoustic guitar with a metal resonator set into its body.
- Synonyms:
- Hawaiian guitar, resonator guitar, resophonic guitar
Synonyms of dobro
- resonator guitar
- Hawaiian guitar
- resophonic guitar
Forms of dobro
| plural | dobros |
|---|---|
| plural | Dobros |
Origin of dobro
From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, the name of the inventors + brothers, and also a pun on Slovak dobro (“good”).
Originally a trademark; a contraction of Dopyera brothers, the inventors.
Words formed from dobro
Questions about dobro
- What does dobro mean?
- Dobro means an acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
- What part of speech is dobro?
- Dobro is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dobro?
- Dobro is pronounced /ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/.
- What is the plural of dobro?
- The plural of dobro is dobros.
Words near dobro in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dobro (page history and authors); Dobro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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