"nylon-string guitar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nylon-string guitars [plural]
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  1. (music) A guitar strung with nylon strings and with a neck that joins the body at the twelfth rather than the fourteenth fret, as in a typical guitar. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, String instruments Synonyms: classical guitar (english: most commonly synonymous, though there are nylon-string acoustic-electric guitars) Translations (instrument): nailonkielinen kitara (Finnish)

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