noun
- a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.
noun
- a plucked musical instrument consisting of numerous strings stretched over a resonating box, a few of which may be stopped on a fretted fingerboard
stringed musical instrument, 1850, from German Zither, from Old High German zitara, from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara “lute” (see guitar).