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xylophone |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, n. [Xylo- + Gr fwnh` sound.] 1. (Mus.) 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. Called in Germany {strohfiedel}, or {straw fiddle}. 2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood. --Knight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: xylophone n : a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets [syn: {marimba}]
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