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ORCHESTRAL BELLS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orchestral bells mean?
• ORCHESTRAL BELLS (noun)
The noun ORCHESTRAL BELLS has 1 sense:
1. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
Familiarity information: ORCHESTRAL BELLS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
glockenspiel; orchestral bells
Hypernyms ("orchestral bells" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
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