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xylophone
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
xylophone
(noun)
xylophone
/
ˈ
zaɪləˌfoʊn/
noun
plural
xylophones
xylophone
/
ˈ
zaɪləˌfoʊn/
noun
plural
xylophones
Britannica Dictionary definition of XYLOPHONE
[
count
]
:
a musical instrument that has a set of wooden bars of different lengths that are hit with hammers
—
see
picture
at
percussion
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