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xylophone

[ zahy-luh-fohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually sounded by striking with small wooden hammers.

xylophone

/ ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn; ˌzaɪləˈfɒnɪk; zaɪˈlɒfənɪst /

music a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars of graduated length. It is played with hard-headed hammers

xy·lo·phon·ic [zahy-l, uh, -, fon, -ik], adjective
xy·lo·phon·ist [zahy, -l, uh, -foh-nist, zahy-, lof, -, uh, -nist, zi-], noun

First recorded in 1865–70; xylo- + -phone

C19: from xylo- + -phone

After much thought and reflection, I have decided to pursue my first loves--modern dance and the xylophone.

My ribs are like a xylophone, and the knobs of my spine stick up like ponderous cairns in the landscape of my back.

It thrashed its bony arms impatiently and its ribs rattled like a xylophone.

So they began to cuss, amiable, and throw down dollars on the bar till it sounded like a selection on the xylophone.

The neighbouring forest was soon echoing the strident notes of xylophone, banjo, ocarina and trombone.

A very good idea of the psaltery and dulcimer may be obtained from the xylophone.

Saint-Saëns has even utilized the barbarous xylophone, whose proper place is the variety hall, in his "Danse Macabre."

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