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glass harmonica

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
glass har-mon-i-ca
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

noun

The glass harp.

Inflected Forms

glass harmonicas (plural)

Phrases

glass harmonicist

Synonyms

bowl organ armonica glass armonica hydrocrystalophone hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica musical glasses

Questions

What does glass harmonica mean?
A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

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