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harpsichords

harpsichords is the plural of harpsichord.

Meaning of harpsichord

Noun

harpsichord (plural harpsichords)

  1. A stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, the mechanical precusor to the fortepiano, in which each key causes a plectrum to pluck a corresponding tuned string, producing a bright, sharp tone similar to that of a harp.

Questions about harpsichords

What is harpsichords the plural of?
Harpsichords is the plural of harpsichord.

Words near harpsichords in the dictionary

  1. harpsichons
  2. harpsichord
  3. harpsichordist
  4. harpsichordists
  5. harpsichordlike
  6. harpsichords
  7. harpsicord
  8. harpsicords
  9. Harpster
  10. Harpsters
  11. harpstring

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