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xylophone meaning in Sinhala

සයිලොෆෝන් sayilofōn

UK/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn//ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/

xylophone in Sinhala: සයිලොෆෝන් (sayilofōn). In English, xylophone means 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.

Sinhala words for xylophone

musical instrument
සයිලොෆෝන් sayilofōn

English meaning of xylophone

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

Full definition of xylophone

xylophone in a sentence

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

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Questions about xylophone in Sinhala

What is the meaning of xylophone in Sinhala?
Xylophone in Sinhala is සයිලොෆෝන් (sayilofōn).
xylophone යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Xylophone: සයිලොෆෝන් (sayilofōn).
What does xylophone mean in English?
Xylophone means 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.

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