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hackbrett

hackbrett noun: a hammered dulcimer.

Noun

hackbrett

  1. A hammered dulcimer.
    • The Hackbrett was very much in favor with the Jewish klezmorim.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 457

Questions about hackbrett

What does hackbrett mean?
Hackbrett means a hammered dulcimer.
What part of speech is hackbrett?
Hackbrett is a noun.

Words near hackbrett in the dictionary

  1. hackberry
  2. hackbolt
  3. hackbolts
  4. hackbot
  5. hackbots
  6. hackbrett
  7. Hackbridge
  8. hackbush
  9. hackbushes
  10. hackbuss
  11. hackbusses

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