monochord

Meaning of monochord

noun

an instrument for comparing musical pitches, using a taut wire whose vibrating length can be adjusted with a movable bridge.

late Middle English: from Old French monacorde, via late Latin from Greek monokhordon, neuter (used as a noun) of monokhordos ‘having a single string’.

Information about monochord

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of monochord is: monochords.
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Hyphenation of monochord

mono-chord

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • monochord is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with monochord

Novachord, anemochord, bichord, cephalochord, chord, clarichord, clavichord, decachord, dichord, harmonichord, harpsichord, heptachord, hexachord, lyrichord, manichord, multichord, neurochord, notochord, octachord, octochord, pentachord, perichord, polychord, quadrichord, rheochord, subchord, tetrachord, trichord, tympanichord, underchord, unichord, urochord

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