acoustic guitar

English

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.

Noun

acoustic guitar (plural acoustic guitars)

  1. A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.

Translations
hollow-body guitar

See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Further reading
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