Lyre definitions

līr
A stringed instrument of the harp family having two curved arms connected at the upper end by a crossbar, used to accompany a singer or reciter of poetry, especially in ancient Greece.
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A small stringed instrument of the harp family, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singers and reciters.
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A stringed musical instrument.
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Origin of lyre

From French lyre, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lura, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise").