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Defenition of the word harp

    • Defenition of the word harp

      • A stringed musical instrument (part of the classic symphony orchestra) that is stroked or plucked with the fingers and consists of an upright frame strung with multiple strings.
      • a small rectangular musical instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
      • a stringed musical instrument that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
      • a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
      • play the harp
      • come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"
      • a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
      • a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
      • come back to; "Don''t dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
      • play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
      • come back to

    Synonyms for the word harp

      • dwell
      • harmonica
      • mouth harp
      • mouth organ

    Hyponyms for the word harp

      • aeolian harp
      • aeolian lyre
      • lyre
      • wind harp

    Hypernyms for the word harp

      • chordophone
      • free-reed instrument
      • ingeminate
      • iterate
      • musical instrument
      • play
      • play on
      • reiterate
      • repeat
      • restate
      • retell
      • support

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