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XYLOPHONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does xylophone mean?
• XYLOPHONE (noun)
The noun XYLOPHONE has 1 sense:
1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
Familiarity information: XYLOPHONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
marimba; xylophone
Hypernyms ("xylophone" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
Derivation:
xylophonist (someone who plays a xylophone)
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