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CHANTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chanter mean? 

CHANTER (noun)
  The noun CHANTER has 1 sense:

1. reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is playedplay

  Familiarity information: CHANTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHANTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chanter; melody pipe

Hypernyms ("chanter" is a kind of...):

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

Holonyms ("chanter" is a part of...):

bagpipe (a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)

Derivation:

chant (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)


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