xylophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

verb

To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.

/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/ /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/ En-us-xylophone.ogg

xylophone xylophones xylophoning xylophoned

From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).

glockenspiel marimba sticcado vibraphone

concert xylophone metal xylophone stone xylophone xylophonist

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