XYLOPHONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xylophone mean? 

• XYLOPHONE (noun)
  The noun XYLOPHONE has 1 sense:

1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

  Familiarity information: XYLOPHONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XYLOPHONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

marimba; xylophone

Hypernyms ("xylophone" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

Derivation:

xylophonist (someone who plays a xylophone)