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

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. zither: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. zither: The Folk File
  2. zither: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See zitherist as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (music) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.
noun:  (music, translations) Related or similar instruments in other cultures, such as the Chinese guqin or Norwegian harpeleik; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body.
verb:  To play a zither.
verb:  To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.

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