lyre
Plural: lyres
Noun
- An ancient stringed instrument, similar to a small harp.
- a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
- An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
- A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
- A composer of lyric poetry.
Verb
- to play the lyre
Examples
- He played "LYRE" and imagined a harmonious symphony of points in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira, Lyra, and lyra.
Synonyms
yoke lute
Scrabble Score: 7
lyre: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlyre: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lyre: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
lyre: valid Words With Friends Word