dobro

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/ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/

noun

An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

Similar
resonator guitarHawaiian guitarresophonic guitar
OriginSlovak dobro →
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Meanings

dobro1

noundobro (plural dobros)

plural dobros

  1. entertainmentAn acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

    The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

    2007 January 21, Nate Chinen, “Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: resonator guitar

Dobro2

nounDobro (plural Dobros)

plural Dobros

  1. A type of acoustic guitar with a metal resonator set into its body.

    Synonyms: Hawaiian guitar, resonator guitar, resophonic guitar

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

Similar
resonator guitar

nounA type of acoustic guitar with a metal resonator set into its body.

Similar
Hawaiian guitarresonator guitarresophonic guitar
Also see
resonator guitar

Origin

dobro · noun

  1. Slovakdobro“good”
  2. Englishdobro

From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, the name of the inventors + brothers, and also a pun on Slovak dobro (“good”).

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Dobro · noun

Originally a trademark; a contraction of Dopyera brothers, the inventors.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

broodbrodoBoroddroob
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APA

dobro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dobro

MLA

“dobro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dobro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dobro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dobro.

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