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hammered dulcimer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
ham-mered -dul-cimer
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.

Inflected Forms

hammered dulcimers (plural) hammer dulcimer (alternative)

Phrases

hammered dulcimerist

Frequently Paired Words

양금 揚琴 扬琴

Questions

What does hammered dulcimer mean?
A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.

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