harpsichord.

A keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes small picks to pluck strings.

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Words that belong together

• a double-manual harpsichord
• a harpsichord recital
• tune a harpsichord

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The harpsichord's bright notes reached the gallery before the player came into view.

Dust had settled beneath the harpsichord's strings without dimming the painted case.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular harpsichord; plural harpsichords. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.