HyperDic: xylophone

English > 1 sense of the word *xylophone*:
NOUN	artifact	xylophone, marimba	a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators

xylophone > pronunciation
Sounds	zay'lahfow.n
Rhymes	acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own...

English > *xylophone*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets.
Synonym	marimba
Broader	percussion instrument, percussive instrument	A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
Spanish	marimba, xilófono
Catalan	marimba, xilòfon
Nouns	xylophonist	someone who plays a xylophone