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xy·lo·phone
/
ˈzaɪ
ləˌfoʊn
/
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[
zahy
-l
uh
-fohn
]
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noun
a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually sounded by striking with small wooden hammers.
Origin:
1865–70;
xylo-
+
-phone
Related forms
xy·lo·phon·ic
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ˌzaɪ
ləˈfɒn
ɪk
/
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zahy-l
uh
-
fon
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,
adjective
xy·lo·phon·ist
/
ˈzaɪ
ləˌfoʊ
nɪst
,
zaɪˈlɒf
ə
nɪst
,
zɪ-
/
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zahy
-l
uh
-foh-nist
,
zahy-
lof
-
uh
-nist
,
zi-
]
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noun
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xylophone
(ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn)
—
n
music
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars of graduated length. It is played with hard-headed hammers
[C19: from
xylo-
+
-phone
]
xylophonic
—
adj
xylophonist
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
xylophone
1866, coined from Gk. xylon "wood" + phone "a sound" (see
fame
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
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xylophone
and a drum.
The multi-colored toys come in the shape of a drum and a
xylophone
, and are sold with a drumstick for playing the musical toy.
Instruments on the table include a
xylophone
, cymbal, drum and two drumsticks.
Ed plays the
xylophone
and works a printing press: anarchists' slogans, calling cards, the menu of the evening.
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