Theme list: guitar with definitions
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| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | GAT | ES | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A guitar. |
| — | NUT | S | [v. NUTTED, NUTTING°, NUTS] [Wiktionary - Sense 15] On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height. |
| — | CAPO | NST | [n. -POS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings. |
| — | FADO | S | [n. -DOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance. |
| — | FRET | S | [v. FRETTED, FRETTING, FRETS] [Wiktionary - Sense 21] One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played. |
| EFG | LUTE | ADS | [v. LUTED, LUTING°, LUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. |
| S | NECK | S | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to kiss and caress in lovemaking |
| S | PICK | SY | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. |
| W | ROTE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. |
| — | SLID | E | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | TREM | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The vibrato system on a guitar. |
| — | TRES | S | [a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine. |
| — | BARRE | DLNST | [v. BARRED, BARRING, BARRES] · to play a type of guitar chord |
| — | DOBRO | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator. |
| — | METAL | S | [v. -ALED or -ALLED, -ALING or -ALLING, -ALS] [Wiktionary - Sense 9] A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars. |
| — | SLIDE | RS | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | STEEL | SY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 12] A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. |
| E | STRUM | AS | [v. STRUMMED, STRUMMING, STRUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously. |
| — | TREMS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The vibrato system on a guitar. |
| — | BARRES | — | [v. BARRED, BARRING, BARRES] · to play a type of guitar chord |
| A | BRIDGE | DS | [v. BRIDGED, BRIDGING°, BRIDGES] · to connect |
| — | CITHER | NS | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CUATRO | S | [n. -ROS] · a small guitar of Latin~ America~ |
| — | DOBROS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator. |
| — | GUITAR | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| — | KEYTAR | S | [n. -S] A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap… |
| — | PHASER | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc. |
| — | REGGAE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies. |
| — | SLIDES | — | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | STEELS | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 12] A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. |
| — | STRING | SY | [v. STRUNG or STRINGED, STRINGING°, STRINGS] · to provide with strings «slender cords» |
| — | BANDORE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A historical stringed instrument similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. |
| — | BASSIST | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar. |
| — | CITHARA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar. |
| — | CITHERN | S | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CITHERS | — | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CITHREN | S | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CITTERN | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar. |
| — | CUATROS | — | [n. -ROS] · a small guitar of Latin~ America~ |
| — | GITTERN | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain. |
| — | GUITARS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of guitar |
| — | LUTHIER | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars. |
| — | RIFFAGE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] guitar riffs |
| — | SLIDDEN | — | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | SLIDING | — | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | STEELED | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 12] A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. |
| — | UKELELE | S | [n. -S] · ukulele «a small guitar-like instrument» / ----- { ukelele ukulele § uke ukeleles ukes ukuleles } |
| — | UKULELE | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small four-stringed guitar. |
| — | VIHUELA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total). |
| — | CITHERNS | — | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CITHRENS | — | [n. -S] · cittern «a pear-shaped guitar» / ----- { cithara cither cithern cithren citola citole cittern gittern kithara § citharas citherns cithers cithrens citolas citoles citterns gitterns kitharas § gittern gitterns } |
| — | CITTERNS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar. |
| — | DIVEBOMB | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] To rapidly lower the pitch of a note on the guitar by means of the whammy bar. |
| — | DUCKWALK | S | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music. |
| — | GITTERNS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain. |
| — | PLECTRUM | S | [n. -TRUMS or -TRA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc. |
| — | PURFLING | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint. |
| — | RANCHERA | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar. |
| — | REQUINTO | S | [n. -TOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually a guitar. |
| — | SLIDABLE | — | [v. SLID, SLIDDEN, SLIDING, SLIDES] [Wiktionary - Sense 27] A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar. |
| — | STEELING | — | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 12] A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. |
| — | UKELELES | — | [n. -S] · ukulele «a small guitar-like instrument» / ----- { ukelele ukulele § uke ukeleles ukes ukuleles } |
| — | UKULELES | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small four-stringed guitar. |
| — | VIHUELAS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total). |
| — | BLUEGRASS | — | [n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm. |
| — | FRETBOARD | S | [n. -S] · a fingerboard with frets on a stringed musical instrument |
| — | GUITARIST | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Someone who plays a guitar. |
| — | HEADSTOCK | S | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings. |
| — | REQUINTOS | — | [n. -TOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually a guitar. |
| — | FLATPICKER | S | † one who plays flatpicking~ guitar [n. -S] |
| — | GUITARFISH | — | [n. -ES] · any marine sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae~, having a guitar-shaped body with a stout tail and occurring at the bottom of the sea |
| — | GUITARISTS | — | [n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of guitarist |
| — | RESOPHONIC | S | † of or pertaining to a resonator guitar [a.] |
| — | FINGERBOARD | S | [n. -S] · the long strip of hard wood on a violin, guitar, or related stringed instrument upon which the strings are stopped by the fingers |
| — | FLATPICKERS | — | † one who plays flatpicking~ guitar [n. -S] |
| — | RESOPHONICS | — | † of or pertaining to a resonator guitar [a.] |
| — | FINGERBOARDS | — | [n. -S] · the long strip of hard wood on a violin, guitar, or related stringed instrument upon which the strings are stopped by the fingers |
| — | GUITARFISHES | — | [n. -ES] · any marine sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae~, having a guitar-shaped body with a stout tail and occurring at the bottom of the sea |
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