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What is the noun for banjo?

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banjo
  1. (music) A stringed musical instrument (chordophone) with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings; by extension, any musicologically similar instrument, like the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
  2. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
  3. (Britain, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
  4. Synonyms:
banjolin
  1. (music) A musical instrument, most often with four strings, resembling a small banjo but tuned like a mandolin.
  2. Synonym of mandolin-banjo
  3. Synonym of banjo-mandolin
  4. Synonyms:
banjolele
  1. (music) A four-stringed musical instrument with a small membrane-covered body like a banjo, with a neck fretted like a ukulele.
  2. Synonyms:
banjouke
  1. (music) A ukulele with the head of a banjo
banjoing
  1. The act of playing the banjo.
banjulele
  1. Alternative form of banjolele
banjoist
  1. One who plays a banjo.
  2. Examples:
    1. “This is an entertaining interactive perspective of the world-class banjoist Cynthia Sayer.”
      “Now, as an aging purist, the memorable sounds of that band, led by banjoist Monte Ballou, still quicken my pulse.”
      “There he met innovative banjoist Earl Scruggs, and in 1948 the two men left Monroe's band to form the Foggy Mountain Boys.”
banjolinist
  1. (music) One who plays the banjolin.
banjolinists
  1. plural of banjolinist
banjoleles
banjuleles
  1. plural of banjulele
banjoists
  1. plural of banjoist
  2. Examples:
    1. “That iconic Stones guitar sound, Richards reveals, derived from the likes of Don Everly, Ry Cooder, and hillbilly banjoists.”
banjolins
banjoukes
  1. plural of banjouke
banjos
  1. plural of banjo
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Musically, the album isn't afraid of drawing on different instruments, from mouth organs to banjos, to acoustic guitars and piano.”
      “The harmonica music stopped and a trio of men with banjos, mandolins and guitars took over.”
      “The arrangements are spare yet sky-wide, occasionally visited by banjos, accordions, glockenspiels, and theremin.”
banjoes
  1. plural of banjo
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If I could press a stethoscope to your head and listen to your brainwaves, I imagine they'd sound like a pair of dueling banjoes.”
      “When the door was opened, distant sounds of the thrumming of banjoes could be heard.”
      “Do not go middle – that's banjoes and Deliverance.”
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