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marimbaphone

marimbaphone noun: a kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

marimbaphone: a kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to...
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Noun

marimbaphone (plural marimbaphones)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

Forms of marimbaphone

pluralmarimbaphones

Origin of marimbaphone

From marimba + -phone.

Questions about marimbaphone

What does marimbaphone mean?
Marimbaphone means a kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.
What part of speech is marimbaphone?
Marimbaphone is a noun.
What is the plural of marimbaphone?
The plural of marimbaphone is marimbaphones.

Words near marimbaphone in the dictionary

  1. marimastat
  2. marimba
  3. marimbaist
  4. marimbaists
  5. marimbalike
  6. marimbaphone
  7. marimbaphones
  8. marimbas
  9. marimbist
  10. marimbists
  11. marimbula

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