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Xylophone

//ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
  2. 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"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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