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lyres

lyres is the plural of lyre.

lyres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lyre.

Meaning of lyre

Noun

lyre (plural lyres)

  1. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  3. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

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Phrases with lyres

Questions about lyres

What is lyres the plural of?
Lyres is the plural of lyre.

Words near lyres in the dictionary

  1. lyreleaf sage
  2. lyreless
  3. lyrelike
  4. lyreman
  5. lyremen
  6. lyres
  7. lyresnake
  8. lyresnakes
  9. lyretail
  10. lyretails
  11. lyric

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