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glass harmonica

glass harmonica noun: a musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

Noun

glass harmonica (plural glass harmonicas)

  1. A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
    Synonyms:
    bowl organ, armonica, glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica, musical glasses
  2. (broadly) The glass harp.

Synonyms of glass harmonica

All synonyms of glass harmonica

Forms of glass harmonica

pluralglass harmonicas

Words formed from glass harmonica

Questions about glass harmonica

What does glass harmonica mean?
Glass harmonica means a musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
What part of speech is glass harmonica?
Glass harmonica is a noun.
What is the plural of glass harmonica?
The plural of glass harmonica is glass harmonicas.

Words near glass harmonica in the dictionary

  1. glass fibre
  2. glass frog
  3. glass frogs
  4. glass garden
  5. glass gardens
  6. glass harmonica
  7. glass harmonicas
  8. glass harmonicist
  9. glass harmonicists
  10. glass harp
  11. glass harpist

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