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Word: Plectrum
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek plēktron ‘something with which to strike’, from plēssein ‘to strike’
ˈplɛktrəm
a thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.
Short Definition:thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on fingers and used to pluck strings of musical instrument such as guitar
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