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Zither

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Noun

1. cither, zither, zithern

a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

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Zither

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noun
a plucked musical instrument consisting of numerous strings stretched over a resonating box, a few of which may be stopped on a fretted fingerboard

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Zither

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noun
1. 
any of a family of musical instruments with strings stretched across a flat soundboard and plucked, bowed, struck with mallets, etc., as the dulcimer, koto, psaltery, etc.
2. 
a folk instrument of this type of Austria and S Germany

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Zither

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n.
A musical instrument composed of a flat sound box with about 30 to 40 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with the fingertips, a plectrum, or a bow, or set into vibration by the wind, as in the Aeolian harp.

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