Usually means: Keyboard instrument with delicate sound.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. clavichord: Merriam-Webster
  2. clavichord: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clavichord: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clavichord: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clavichord: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clavichord, clavichord: Wordnik
  7. clavichord: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. clavichord: Wiktionary
  9. clavichord: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. clavichord: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. clavichord: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. clavichord: Dictionary.com
  13. clavichord: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Clavichord: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Clavichord: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. clavichord: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. clavichord: Rhymezone
  18. Clavichord: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. clavichord: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. clavichord: FreeDictionary.org
  21. clavichord: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. clavichord: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. clavichord: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. clavichord: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Clavichord: Classical Music Guide

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  1. clavichord: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (music) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.

Similar:
manichord, clavicymbalum, clavicytherium, clarichord, clavicymbal, clavisymbalum, claviol, clavicembalo, clavicitherium, clavisimbalum, more...

Types:
grand, double, triple, quadruple, octave, cord, more...

Adjectives:
tempered, old, small, little, fretted, century, beautiful, anonymous, unfretted, german, ancient


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Similar:
manichord, clavicymbalum, clavicytherium, clarichord, clavicymbal, clavisymbalum, claviol, clavicembalo, clavicitherium, clavisimbalum, more...

Types:
grand, double, triple, quadruple, octave, cord, more...

Adjectives:
tempered, old, small, little, fretted, century, beautiful, anonymous, unfretted, german, ancient



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