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| clav·i·chord [ klávvi kàwrd ] (plural clav·i·chords) |
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early keyboard instrument: a keyboard instrument of the 15th to 19th centuries, a precursor of the modern piano, in which small wedges strike horizontal strings to produce a soft sound
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| [15th century. < medieval Latin clavichordium< Latin clavis "key" + chorda "string"] |
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 clav·i·chord·ist noun |
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