lyre

[Lyre]

A lyre is a stringed musical instrument that looks like a very small harp. Ancient Greek art includes many pictures of people playing the lyre.

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A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

Noun
a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

n.
A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

n.
One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Lyre

Lyre , n. [OE. lire, OF. lyre, L. lyra, Gr. . Cf. Lyra.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry. &hand; The lyre was the peculiar instrument of Apollo, the tutelary god of music and poetry. It gave name to the species of verse called lyric, to which it originally furnished an accompaniment 2. (Astron.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra. Lyre bat (Zo'94l.), a small bat (Megaderma lyra), inhabiting India and Ceylon. It is remarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears. -- Lyre turtle (Zo'94l.), the leatherback.

A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

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Usage Examples

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

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