lute

noun
UK /luːt/
US /luːt/

A lute is a musical instrument with strings that you pluck.

The musician played a soft song on his lute.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A substance used to seal a container or joint.

The potter sealed the crack with lute.

3. To seal or coat something with a paste-like substance.

They luted the pipe to stop the leak.

4. A medieval stringed instrument with a rounded body.

A lute hung on the wall of the old castle.