"steel guitar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: steel guitars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} steel guitar (countable and uncountable, plural steel guitars)
  1. (music, uncountable) A method of playing slide guitar using a steel (a kind of slide). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, String instruments Hypernyms: guitar Hyponyms: console steel guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, table steel guitar Derived forms: steel guitarist
    Sense id: en-steel_guitar-en-noun-gCH2rSyM Disambiguation of String instruments: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 71 29 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music, countable) Any of several types of guitar designed to be played using this method. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Musical instruments Translations (guitar): havaijinkitara (Finnish), Hawaiigitarre [feminine] (German), giotár cruach [masculine] (Irish), האַוואַיִשע גיטאַר (havaishe gitar) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-steel_guitar-en-noun-4CvX1n~H Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'guitar': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (method): havaijinkitara (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'method': 52 48

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