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xylophone
(encz) | xylophone,xylofon n: [hud.] WiruZ |
Xylophone
(gcide) | Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
different kinds of wood. --Knight.
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xylophone
(wn) | xylophone
n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
mallets [syn: marimba, xylophone] |
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xylophone
(encz) | xylophone,xylofon n: [hud.] WiruZ |
xylophone
(wn) | xylophone
n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
mallets [syn: marimba, xylophone] |
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