Synonyms for xylophone

Grammar : Noun

Spell : zahy-luh-fohn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊn

Définition of xylophone

Origin : 1866, coined from Greek xylon "wood" + phone "a sound" (see fame (n.)).

noun percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated wooden bars played with small mallets
noun instrument

Example sentences :

A touch like a xylophone player, but he knows how to use his feet.
Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken

Just above the portico of his house Billie has his xylophone.
Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902] » by Various

Then it paused, and the sonorous voice of the xylophone spoke to the jungle.
Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel

I played a xylophone and a saxophone and an accordion––all sorts of things.
Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes

It thrashed its bony arms impatiently and its ribs rattled like a xylophone.
Extract from : « Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete » by Charles M. Skinner

She had never heard such a tattoo, nor seen such a 186 xylophone, nor yet so fine a fellow as Billie.
Extract from : « Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 4 [September 1902] » by Various

The orchestra employed is the usual large modern orchestra, with a piccolo, glockenspiel and xylophone.
Extract from : « Giacomo Puccini » by Wakeling Dry

So they began to cuss, amiable, and throw down dollars on the bar till it sounded like a selection on the xylophone.
Extract from : « The Gentle Grafter » by O. Henry

When I arrived in my garret I swore I was through and seriously thought of studying the xylophone.
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

While down in Angola you met the xylophone in the imposing form you can see in the frontispiece to this volume.
Extract from : « West African studies » by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

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