zither

«zither» in Mova's school dictionary: a musical instrument with many strings stretched over a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a zither, zithers)

meaning for a pupil

A zither is a musical instrument with many strings stretched over a flat wooden box; you lay it on a table or your lap and pluck the strings with your fingers or a pick. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons on string instruments around the world, the zither is found in Austria and Germany (folk music); related zithers include the Chinese guzheng, the Japanese koto and the Finnish kantele. It belongs to the string family because sound comes from vibrating strings. Phrases: «play the zither», «zither music».

examples

• The man in the Austrian café played the zither. tree →
• A zither has dozens of strings over a flat box. tree →
• The Chinese guzheng is a kind of zither. tree →
• You pluck the zither strings with your fingers. tree →
• The film «The Third Man» has famous zither music. tree →
• We heard a zither at the folk festival. tree →

note

Countable. Say «ZITH-er» with the «th» as in «this». Science: shorter, tighter or thinner strings give higher notes. It is not a guitar: it has no neck.

In the corpora

• The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither with strings over movable bridges, played in China for over 2,000 years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «zither» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.