Plectrum

Quick meaning: Plectrum is a noun meaning (music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.

Meaning

(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.

More Meanings

1. (anatomy, zoology) A projection of bone or other stiff tissue, such as the ridges in some insects' stridulatory organs.

Example Sentences

For sounds in winter nights, and often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood, and quite familiar to me at last, though I never saw the bird while it was making it.

Word Forms

• plectrums
• plectra
• plectron

Synonyms for plectrum

Depending on context, synonyms include pick, plectre, plectron.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plectron, pick, plectre, quill, fescue, pegbox.

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