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stringed

stringed adjective: having strings. Also the simple past and past participle of string.

Adjective

stringed (not comparable)

  1. Having strings
    • The violin is a stringed instrument but without frets.

Also used as

stringed is also the simple past and past participle of string.

Origin of stringed

From Middle English strynged, y-strenged, equivalent to string + -ed.

Words formed from stringed

Phrases with stringed

Questions about stringed

What does stringed mean?
Stringed means having strings.
What part of speech is stringed?
Stringed is an adjective.

Words near stringed in the dictionary

  1. stringbog
  2. stringbogs
  3. stringbush
  4. stringcourse
  5. stringcourses
  6. stringed
  7. stringed instrument
  8. stringed instruments
  9. stringencies
  10. stringency
  11. stringendi

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