Dictionary Check: instrument

"instrument" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

noun

a device that requires skill for proper use

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the means whereby some act is accomplished

Example: "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"
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a person used by another to gain an end

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(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

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the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

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any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

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