musical instrument

noun

: a device (such as a violin, piano, or flute) used to make music

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Get our little pens out, get our pencils out, get our musical instrument out. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most famously associated with the violin, sold for $11.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Friday. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025 Right, Courtney, a painter, holds a piece of artwork took with her before the flames reached their home, while Bobak holds a Marvin, a musical instrument. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025 Purple: These words all precede a word used for a musical instrument. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for musical instrument

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“Musical instrument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musical%20instrument. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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