xy·lo·phone
 xylophone
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- pronunciation:
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fon
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noun |
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A xylophone is an instrument for playing music. A xylophone has a number of metal or wooden bars of different sizes. It is played by hitting the bars with small wooden hammers.
The xylophone sounds very pretty when you play two sounds at the same time.
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| derivation: |
xylophonist (n.) |
Xylophone is made up of the Greek words
xylon, which means "wood," and
phone, which means sound."