guitar
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- guitar-like adjective
- guitarist noun
Etymology
Origin of guitar
1615–25; < Spanish guitarra < Arabic kītārah ≪ Greek kithára kithara
Example Sentences
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The number of guitars he played on stage on Wednesday would be beyond the reach of the average new artist, for a start.
From BBC
In the 1970s and 80s, Neil Murray was a heavy metal guitar legend who played bass with some of the biggest rock bands on the planet.
From BBC
The spirits’ repertoire expanded to include playing guitars and touching mortal hands.
From Literature
His music teacher, Valerie Price, discovered him playing guitar alone in the school auditorium.
From Los Angeles Times
On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.
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