catgut

Meaning of catgut

noun

a material used for the strings of some musical instruments, made of the dried twisted intestines of sheep or horses (but not cats).

late 16th century: the association with cat1 remains unexplained.

Information about catgut

Hyphenation of catgut

catgut

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • catgut is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

catgut synonyms

Meaning gut:

gut

Words that rhyme with catgut

potgut, rotgut

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