| n. | 1. | (Mus.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. |
| Noun | 1. | zither - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers |