acoustic guitar
Meanings
noun
- A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Retronym for guitar, coined after the invention of the electric guitar to refer to the older type of guitar and avoid confusion with the electric guitar.
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