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ca•po

Pronunciation: (kā'pō), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -pos.
1. any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
2. the nut of a guitar, lute, banjo, etc. Also called capotasto.