Lute vs. Guitar

Lutenoun

A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Lutenoun

Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

(brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Luteverb

To fix or fasten something with lute.

Lutenoun

A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; - called also luting.

Lutenoun

A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.

Lutenoun

A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.

Lutenoun

A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.

Luteverb

To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.

Luteverb

To sound, as a lute.

Luteverb

To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Lutenoun

a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid

Lutenoun

chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

Lutenoun

a plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Lutenoun

liquid clay or cement used to seal a joint, coat a crucible, or protect a graft.

Lutenoun

a rubber seal for a jar.

Luteverb

seal, join, or coat with lute

Lute

A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.

Guitarnoun

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

Guitarnoun

(musical instrument) Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Guitarverb

(rare) To play the guitar.

Guitarnoun

A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, - played upon with the fingers.

Guitarnoun

a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

Guitarnoun

a stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.

Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand.