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Band
verb · 78% connection
A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Barbiton
noun · 78% connection
An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Bass viol
unknown · 78% connection
A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Bow
verb · 78% connection
An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Bowing
noun · 78% connection
The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Castanets
n. pl. · 78% connection
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Chopstick
noun · 78% connection
One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Corosso
noun · 78% connection
The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Counter
verb · 78% connection
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Crow-quill
noun · 78% connection
A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Crowd
noun · 78% connection
An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Crucifix
noun · 78% connection
A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, me…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Fingering
noun · 78% connection
The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Guitar
noun · 78% connection
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various elaborately wrought instruments…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
Instrumentation
noun · 78% connection
The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, instrument, ivory, wood, metal.
