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crystallophone

crystallophone noun: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.

Noun

crystallophone (plural crystallophones)

  1. A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.

Forms of crystallophone

pluralcrystallophones

Origin of crystallophone

From crystallo- + -phone.

Questions about crystallophone

What does crystallophone mean?
Crystallophone means a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.
What part of speech is crystallophone?
Crystallophone is a noun.
What is the plural of crystallophone?
The plural of crystallophone is crystallophones.

Words near crystallophone in the dictionary

  1. crystallomantic
  2. crystallometric
  3. crystallometry
  4. crystallopathies
  5. crystallopathy
  6. crystallophone
  7. crystallophones
  8. crystallophysics
  9. crystallostrata
  10. crystallostratum
  11. crystalls

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