Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nylon-string guitar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: ny-lon-string -gui-tar
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A guitar strung with nylon strings and with a neck that joins the body at the twelfth rather than the fourteenth fret, as in a typical guitar.

Inflected Forms

nylon-string guitars (plural)

Synonyms

classical guitar

Questions

What does nylon-string guitar mean?: A guitar strung with nylon strings and with a neck that joins the body at the twelfth rather than the fourteenth fret, as in a typical guitar.

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