8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun (music) a group of notes connected by a slur
noun character consisting of two or more letters combined into one
noun a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Late Latin ligātūrabor. Middle French ligaturebor. Middle English ligature English ligature From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”).
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