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guitar
gui‧tar S3 W3 /ɡɪˈtɑː $ -ˈtɑːr/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrument

  a musical instrument usually with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)
    an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar ⇨ bass guitar, steel guitar