Harp vs. Lyre

Harpnoun

(musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body

Harpnoun

Any instrument of the same musicological type.

Harpnoun

(colloquial) A harmonica.

Harpnoun

(Scotland) A grain sieve.

Harpnoun

(heraldry) A heraldic representation of the musical instrument used as a charge, as in the arms of Ireland.

Harpverb

To repeatedly mention a subject.

Harpverb

(transitive) To play on a harp or similar instrument

Harpverb

(transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.

Harpverb

(transitive) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Harpnoun

A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

Harpnoun

A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

Harpnoun

A grain sieve.

Harpverb

To play on the harp.

Harpverb

To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; - usually with on or upon.

Harpverb

To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Harpnoun

a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers

Harpnoun

a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

Harpnoun

a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

Harpverb

come back to;

Harpverb

play the harp;

Harpnoun

a musical instrument consisting of a frame supporting a graduated series of parallel strings, played by plucking with the fingers. The modern orchestral harp has an upright frame, with pedals which enable the strings to be retuned to different keys.

Harpnoun

another term for harmonica

Harpnoun

a marine mollusc which has a large vertically ribbed shell with a wide aperture, found chiefly in the Indo-Pacific.

Harpverb

talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic)

Harpverb

play on a harp

Harp

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, including standing or sitting and in orchestras or concerts.

Lyrenoun

(musical 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.

Lyrenoun

Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.

Lyrenoun

A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.

Lyrenoun

(obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Lyrenoun

A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.

Lyrenoun

One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.

Lyrenoun

a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

Lyrenoun

a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used especially in ancient Greece. Modern instruments of this type are found mainly in East Africa.