Samisen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Samisen \Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.)
     A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling
     a guitar or banjo.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  samisen
       n : a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a
           long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and
           a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum [syn: {shamisen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "samisen":
     Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika,
     banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke,
     bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar,
     guitar, lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolin,
     mandolute, mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, sitar, steel guitar,
     tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele