lyre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lyre noun A small stringed instrument from ancient Greece, with two arms rising from a body to a crossbar, plucked like a harp.
Senses
lyre is used for these senses in English:
- louver A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.]
- lyre (string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.