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trem

/trɛm/

trem noun: the vibrato system on a guitar.

Noun

trem (plural trems)

  1. (informal) The vibrato system on a guitar.
    • Remember that the footswitch has to be working and plugged in for the trem and vibrato to work.1995, Mike Thompson, Great Tube Amp and Guitar Mods, →ISBN, page 31
    • When you pick up the bar to use it, the trem unlocks and becomes a floating bridge again.2002, Barry Lipman, Guitar Questions: The Novice's Guide to Guitar Repairs, →ISBN, page 89

Forms of trem

pluraltrems

Origin of trem

Clipping of tremolo.

Questions about trem

What does trem mean?
Trem means the vibrato system on a guitar.
What part of speech is trem?
Trem is a noun.
How do you pronounce trem?
Trem is pronounced /trɛm/.
What is the plural of trem?
The plural of trem is trems.

Words near trem in the dictionary

  1. trellisworks
  2. Treloar
  3. Treloars
  4. treloxinate
  5. Trelystan
  6. trem
  7. trema
  8. Tremadoc
  9. Tremadocian
  10. Tremadog
  11. Tremain

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