What does "xylophone" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "xylophone"?

Common synonyms include: marimba, battery, bell, bells, bones, castanets.

How do you pronounce "xylophone"?

Pronounced //ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn//.

Xylophone

//ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
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.
"All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?"
2
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets wordnet

Verb

1
To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
2
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.
"my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories"