Associations to the word «Chordophone»

Wiktionary

CHORDOPHONE, noun. (musical instrument) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.

Dictionary definition

CHORDOPHONE, noun. A stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats