spinet.

1. A compact keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family, whose strings are plucked rather than struck.

2. A compact upright piano with an action arranged to fit a low case.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• an antique spinet
• a spinet case
• play a spinet

On the page

The spinet stood against an interior wall where the damp had not reached it.

She opened the spinet's lid and found the missing letter between the music books.

Usage notes

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