- a musical instrument that usually has six strings and that you play with your fingers or with a plectrum
- an acoustic/electric guitar
- a classical guitar
- a guitar player
- a guitar solo/riff
- Do you play the guitar?
- She plays guitar in a band.
- As he sang, he strummed his guitar.
- He gently plucked his guitar.
- on guitar The track features Anton on guitar and vocals.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acoustic
- bass
- electric
- …
- strum
- strum on
- pluck
- …
- string
- pick
- plectrum
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish guitarra (partly via French), from Greek kithara, denoting an instrument similar to the lyre.Definitions on the go
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