A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
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"a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid"
"chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard"