Definitions for lyre

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lyre lyre

Spelling: [lahyuh r]

IPA: /laɪər/

Lyre is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in lyre (elry).

Definitions for lyre

noun

1. a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Lyra.

Origin of lyre

1175-1225; Middle English lire Latin lyra Greek lýra

Examples for lyre

Only head and lyre remained intact, floating down the River Hebrus from Thrace to the sea.

We might conclude that the only thing of beauty that remains of him is the shape of his lyre in the stars.

Alas, my dear Thomson, I fear it will be some time ere I tune my lyre again!

The lyre and the harp may be permitted in the town, and the Pan's-pipe in the fields.

A lyre rested on his knees, and he was striking the strings softly.

And when he came upon Apollo striking his lyre, his heart leaped into his mouth.

These pieces show Christov-Bakargiev wearing her Apollo hat and strumming the lyre too loudly.

Some lines of his on the lyre became the motto of an engraving by Bartolozzi.

At the two extremities of European thought the lyre has raised two vast cities.

He touched the strings of his lyre, and all things were silent with joy.