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lyre-guitar

lyre-guitar noun: a type of guitar shaped to look like a lyre, popular as a fad instrument in the late 1800s.

lyre-guitar: a type of guitar shaped to look like a lyre, popular as a fad instrument in the late 1800s
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Noun

lyre-guitar (plural lyre-guitars)

  1. A type of guitar shaped to look like a lyre, popular as a fad instrument in the late 1800s.

Forms of lyre-guitar

plurallyre-guitars

Questions about lyre-guitar

What does lyre-guitar mean?
Lyre-guitar means a type of guitar shaped to look like a lyre, popular as a fad instrument in the late 1800s.
What part of speech is lyre-guitar?
Lyre-guitar is a noun.
What is the plural of lyre-guitar?
The plural of lyre-guitar is lyre-guitars.

Words near lyre-guitar in the dictionary

  1. lyre
  2. lyre flower
  3. lyre snake
  4. lyre snakes
  5. lyre sponge
  6. lyre-guitar
  7. lyre-guitars
  8. lyre-leaf sage
  9. lyre-tailed
  10. lyre-tailed honeyguide
  11. lyre-tailed nightjar

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