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Word entry · 4 letters

lute

Best crossword clue

"Old plucked string"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /l(j)uːt/Part of speech nounSorted eltuStarts with LEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2U3T4E

Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle French lut (modern luth), from Old French leüt, probably from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “wood”) (probably representing an Andalusian Arabic or North African pronunciation). Doublet of oud, lavta, and laouto.

Used in a sentence

  • Knaves are men / That lute and flute fantastic tenderness.
  • in the air , her new voice luting soft
  • He employed a mixture of flour and white of egg spread upon a linen cloth to cement cracked glass vessels, and used other lutes for similar purposes.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Old plucked string4 letters
02Old string instrument4 letters

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