xylophone
noun/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/
/ˈzaɪləfəʊn/
- a musical instrument made of two rows of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with two small sticks compare glockenspielTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: from xylo- ‘of wood’ + -phone (see phone).
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