First Known Use: 1574
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tablature
noun tab·la·ture \ˈta-blə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌtu̇r\
Definition of TABLATURE
: an instrumental notation indicating the string, fret, key, or finger to be used instead of the tone to be sounded
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Origin of TABLATURE
Middle French, from Medieval Latin tabulatus tablet, from Latin tabula
Rhymes with TABLATURE
amateur, aperture, armature, blackamoor, carrefour, carte du jour, coinsure, commissure, confiture, connoisseur, coverture, curvature, cynosure, embouchure, epicure, filature, forfeiture, garniture, geniture, green-manure, haute couture, immature, insecure, ligature, manicure, overture, paramour, pedicure, plat du jour, portraiture, prelature, premature, quadrature, reassure, Reaumur, reinsure, saboteur, sepulture, sequitur, signature, simon-pure, sinecure, soup du jour, temperature, to be sure, troubadour, white amur, Yom Kippur
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