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Harp

/hɑːp/

A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body

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📖 Definitions of "Harp"

noun

1
A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
2
A harmonica.
3
A grain sieve.

verb

1
(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
"Why do you harp on a single small mistake?"
2
To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
3
To play (a tune) on the harp.
4
To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

🔄 Synonyms of "Harp"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dwellverb	(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
harmonicanoun	A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
mouth organnoun	(music) A free reed aerophone, in the Western tradition commonly the harmonica.
mouth harpnoun	Synonym of Jew's harp.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Harp"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
harmonicanoun	A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
mouth organnoun	(music) A free reed aerophone, in the Western tradition commonly the harmonica.
mouth harpnoun	Synonym of Jew's harp.
dwellnoun	(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
nagnoun	A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
aeoliannoun	A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft.
complainverb	(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
jewsnoun	Nonstandard spelling of Jews.
lyranoun	A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
greenlandicnoun	The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
greenlandnoun	A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.
repeatverb	(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
reiterateverb	(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
insistverb	(sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
persistverb	(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
belaborverb	US spelling of belabour. [(transitive, obsolete) To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.]
dronenoun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
hammernoun	A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
expoundverb	(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
poundnoun	A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.