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MUSICAL BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musical box mean? 

MUSICAL BOX (noun)
  The noun MUSICAL BOX has 1 sense:

1. produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plateplay

  Familiarity information: MUSICAL BOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUSICAL BOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

music box; musical box

Hypernyms ("musical box" is a kind of...):

instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)


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