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timple

timple noun: a traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

timple: a traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly...
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Noun

timple (plural timples)

  1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Forms of timple

pluraltimples

Origin of timple

Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.

Words that rhyme with timple

Questions about timple

What does timple mean?
Timple means a traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.
What part of speech is timple?
Timple is a noun.
What is the plural of timple?
The plural of timple is timples.

Words near timple in the dictionary

  1. timpanum
  2. timpanums
  3. Timpas
  4. Timperley
  5. Timperleys
  6. timple
  7. timples
  8. timps
  9. Timpson
  10. Timpsons
  11. timpsula

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