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noun
Xylophone  n.  
1.
(Mus.) Originally, an instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers; now any similar musical instrument composed of a series of bars of graduated length. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
2.
An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.






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"Xylophone" Quotes from Famous Books



... timpani, tympani[obs3]; tymbal[obs3], timbrel[obs3], castanet, bones; musical glasses, musical stones; harmonica, sounding-board, rattle; tam-tam, zambomba[obs3]. [Vibrating bars] reed, tuning fork, triangle, Jew's harp, musical box, harmonicon[obs3], xylophone. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



Words linked to "Xylophone" :   marimba, percussion instrument



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