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stringed

[ stringd ]

adjective

  1. fitted with strings (often used in combination):

    a five-stringed banjo.

  2. produced or sounded by strings:

    stringed melodies.



stringed

/ ٰɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of musical instruments) having or provided with strings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stringed1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ٰæԲ; string, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

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“Country Radio” provides a sense of heartsick nostalgia over a hopeful chorus of stringed instruments.

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Robert Hilton, a retired art teacher with an interest in African and Indian music, would wander over with a lute-like stringed instrument, or one of his other homemade instruments, to provide the entertainment.

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As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel.

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His grandfather was one of the first percussionists in the area and his grandmother played the oud, a lute-like stringed musical instrument common in the Middle East and Africa.

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You wouldn't think about recovering drug addicts making stringed instruments in Appalachia.

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