English Explanatory Dictionary

marimbaphone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

Word forms

marimbaphone marimbaphones

Etymology

From marimba + -phone.

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