acoustic guitar

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Etymology

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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

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acoustic guitar (plural acoustic guitars)

An acoustic guitar
  1. A hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar.
    He was playing the acoustic guitar while his girlfriend was on the drums.
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