fretted

an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings n

this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow v avoid (one's assigned duties) v commit fraud and steal from one's employer v play the violin or fiddle v play on a violin v manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination v play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly v try to fix or mend

To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.

chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

n a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox