Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sympathetic string

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: sym-pa-thet-ic string
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a set of auxiliary strings found on certain musical instruments, generally not played directly by the performer but used to provide resonance in response to the main strings.

Inflected Forms

sympathetic strings (plural)

Questions

What does sympathetic string mean?: Any of a set of auxiliary strings found on certain musical instruments, generally not played directly by the performer but used to provide resonance in response to the main strings.

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