xylophone

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Pronunciation

• enPR: zīʹlə-fōn', IPA: /ˈzaɪ.lə.ˌfəʊn/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/

Noun

xylophone (plural xylophones)

1. (musical instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

   All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

Translations

• French: xylophone
• German: Xylophon
• Italian: xilofono
• Portuguese: xilofone
• Russian: ксилофо́н
• Spanish: xilófono

Verb

xylophone (xylophones, present participle xylophoning; past and past participle xylophoned)

1. To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
2. To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.

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