AEOLIAN HARP

Meaning of AEOLIAN HARP in English

a box with an opening across which are stretched a number of strings of equal length that are tuned in unison and sounded by the wind. Also called aeolian lyre, wind harp .

[ 1785-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

AEOLIAN HARP — noun Date: 1765 a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usually tuned in unison on which the wind produces varying …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AEOLIAN HARP — Stringed instrument played by the wind (named for the wind god Aeolus ). It is usually a long, narrow, shallow …
Английский словарь Британика
AEOLIAN HARP — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized A Etymology: Aeolian (III) : a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usually tuned in unison …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AEOLIAN HARP — stringed box-shaped musical instrument sounding when wind passes through it, wind harp
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AEOLIAN HARP — Date: 1765 : a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usually tuned in unison on which the wind produces varying …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AEOLIAN HARP — Function: noun Date: 1765 : a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usually tuned in unison on which the wind …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AEOLIAN HARP — ■ noun a stringed instrument that produces musical sounds when a current of air passes through it.
Concise Oxford English vocab
AEOLIAN HARP — [aeolian harp] n (1791): a box-shaped musical instrument having stretched strings usu. tuned in unison on which the wind produces …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AEOLIAN HARP — (from Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds), stringed musical instrument played by the wind. It is made of a …
Britannica English vocabulary
AEOLIAN HARP — Stringed instrument played by the wind (named for the wind god Aeolus ). It is usually a long, narrow, shallow …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AEOLIAN HARP — Музыкальная подвеска
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
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AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
AEOLIAN HARP — Ветрогенератор
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
AEOLIAN HARP — эолова арфа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AEOLIAN — I. adjective Date: 1567 of or relating to Aeolis or its inhabitants, II. noun Date: circa 1726 a member of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARP — Plucked stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly, is perpendicular to the plane of the strings. Harps are roughly …
Английский словарь Британика
HARP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — I. ēˈōlēən, -lyən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Aeolis, Aeolia, ancient country in Asia Minor (from Latin, from Greek Aiolis …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARP — (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression …
Английский словарь Webster
HARP — (n.) To play on the harp.
Английский словарь Webster
AEOLIAN — (a.) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.
Английский словарь Webster
AEOLIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; …
Английский словарь Webster
HARP — ( v. t. ) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HARP — ( n. ) To play on the harp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — ( a. ) Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HARP — — harplike , adj. /hahrp/ , n. 1. a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — /ee oh"lee euhn/ , adj. 1. Also, Aeolic . belonging to a branch of the Greek race named after Aeolus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARP — v. play on a harp; dwell tediously on a subject
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AEOLIAN — adj. (Geology) eolian, resulting from or caused by the motion of the wind (e.g. sand dunes)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AEOLIAN — n. member of one of the 4 divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AEOLIAN — adj. pertaining to Aeolis; pertaining to Aeolus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HARP — I. ˈhärp noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hearpe; akin to Old High German harpha harp Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AEOLIAN — I. ē-ˈō-lē-ən, ē-ˈōl-yən adjective Date: 1595 1. often capitalized : of or relating to Aeolus 2. : giving forth or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AEOLIAN — I. ē-ˈō-lē-ən, ā-, -ˈōl-yən adjective Date: 1567 : of or relating to Aeolis or its inhabitants II. noun Date: circa …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARP — noun a grain sieve. 2. harp ·noun to play on the harp. 3. harp ·noun a constellation; lyra, or the …
Webster English vocab
AEOLIAN — adj pertaining to aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial. 2. aeolian …
Webster English vocab
AEOLIAN — [ i:'əʊlɪən ] ( US eolian ) ■ adjective chiefly Geology relating to or arising from the action of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HARP — [harp] n [ME, fr. OE hearpe; akin to OHG harpha harp] (bef. 12c) 1: a plucked stringed instrument consisting of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AEOLIAN — [ae.o.lian] adj (1605) 1 often cap: of or relating to Aeolus 2: giving forth or marked by a moaning or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARP — Orchestral harp. Click on the audio icons beneath the art to hear the sound of a harp. The stringed instrument …
Britannica English vocabulary
AEOLIAN — Aeolian BrE AmE i ˈəʊl i‿ən eɪ- AmE \ i ˈoʊl- ▷ Aeolian|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARP — / hɑːp; NAmE hɑːrp/ noun , verb ■ noun a large musical instrument with strings stretched on a vertical frame, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — ( BrE ) ( NAmE eo·lian ) / iːˈəʊliən; NAmE iːˈoʊ-/ adjective ( technical ) connected with or caused by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARP — I. harp 1 /hɑːp $ hɑːrp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hearpe ] a large …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARP — n. & v. --n. a large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AEOLIAN — adj. (US eolian) wind-borne. øaeolian harp a stringed instrument or toy that produces musical sounds when the wind passes through …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARP — n. & v. n. a large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — adj. (US eolian) wind-borne. aeolian harp a stringed instrument or toy that produces musical sounds when the wind passes through …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARP — n. & v. --n. a large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of …
Oxford English vocab
AEOLIAN — adj. (US eolian) wind-borne. Phrases and idioms: aeolian harp a stringed instrument or toy that produces musical sounds when the …
Oxford English vocab
HARP — ( harps, harping, harped) A harp is a large musical instrument consisting of a row of strings stretched from the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB play ▪ Power, a New Zealander, plays the blues harp and the chromatic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARP — n. Plucked stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly, is perpendicular to the plane of the strings. Harps are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HARP — Synonyms and related words : French harp, Irish harp, aeolian harp, cithara, clarsach, dulcimer, harmonica, harmonicon, heptachord, hexachord, kazoo, langspiel, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARP — To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throwing or …
Slang English vocab
HARP — I. noun VERB + HARP ▪ set , tune ▪ By means of pedals, a ~ can be set in …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARP — The harp was the national instrument of the Hebrews, and was well known throughout Asia. Moses assigns its invention to …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
AEOLIAN — A word connected with the way that fine materials are carried by the wind.
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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