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harp

(h/A/rp )

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(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
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(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ

source: wordnet30
A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.(noun)

source: webster1913

come back to(verb.communication)

Example:
She is always harping on the same old things.

Synonym:
dwell

source: wordnet30
play the harp(verb.creation)

Example:
She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully.

source: wordnet30
To play on the harp.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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