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AEOLIAN LYRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aeolian lyre mean?
• AEOLIAN LYRE (noun)
The noun AEOLIAN LYRE has 1 sense:
1. a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
Familiarity information: AEOLIAN LYRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aeolian harp; aeolian lyre; wind harp
Hypernyms ("aeolian lyre" is a kind of...):
harp (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)
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