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xylophone

[zahy-luh-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.

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Origin:
1865–70; xylo- + -phone

Related forms

xy·lo·phon·ic

[zahy-luh-fon-ik] , adjective

xy·lo·phon·ist

[zahy-luh-foh-nist, zahy-lof-uh-nist, zi-] , noun

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Xylophone is always a great word to know.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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Ed plays the xylophone and works a printing press: anarchists' slogans, calling cards, the menu of the evening.

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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

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Word Origin & History

xylophone

1866, coined from Gk. xylon "wood" + phone "a sound" (see fame).