XYLOPHONE


Meaning of XYLOPHONE in English

/ ˈzaɪləfəʊn; NAmE -foʊn/ noun

a musical instrument made of two rows of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with two small sticks

—compare glockenspiel

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from xylo- of wood + -phone (see phone ).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.