CITHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cither mean? 

• CITHER (noun)
  The noun CITHER has 2 senses:

1. a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

2. a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

  Familiarity information: CITHER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cither; zither; zithern

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

stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cither"):

dulcimer (a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cither; cithern; citole; cittern; gittern

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

guitar (a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking)