xylophone
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Synonyms: xylophon, allophone, xylophonic, xylophyte, pyrophone, xylophones, xylophage, stylophone, myophone
Antonyms: xylophon, allophone, xylophonic, xylophyte, pyrophone, xylophones, xylophage, stylophone, myophone
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q165666}}{{lb|en|percussion instrument}} Any [[musical instrument]] ([[percussion idiophone]]) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like [[mallet]]; the standard Western [[concert xylophone]] or one of its derivatives.
Verb
- To [[play]] a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
- To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
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