Associations to the word «Xylophone»

Pictures for the word «Xylophone»

Wiktionary

XYLOPHONE, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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John Locke