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harp

noun

1 harp

A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers.

Dutch: harp
Polish: harfa

2 harp

A pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade.

Dutch: harp

3 harp

A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole.

synonyms: harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ.

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Dutch: harmonica, mondharmonica, mondharmonika, mondorgel
Polish: harmonijka ustna, organki, harmonijka

verb

1 harp

Come back to:
— She is always harping on the same old things.

synonym: dwell.

2 harp

Play the harp.


Moby thesaurus: French harp, Irish harp, aeolian harp, cithara, clarsach, dulcimer, harmonica, harmonicon, heptachord, hexachord, kazoo, langspiel, lyre, mouth bow, mouth harp, mouth organ, polychord, symphonia, zither.

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