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typophones

typophones is the plural of typophone.

Meaning of typophone

Noun

typophone (plural typophones)

  1. A musical keyboard instrument that produces sound by striking tuned brass rods that are coupled to a spruce soundboard. It was a precursor to the celesta.
    • The conductors of the Revue et Gazette Musicale have given another concert at their establishment, a performance on the typophone being one of the chief attractions in the programme.1870 April 23, Watson's Weekly Art Journal, volume XII, number 25, page 187

Questions about typophones

What is typophones the plural of?
Typophones is the plural of typophone.

Words near typophones in the dictionary

  1. typonyms
  2. typophile
  3. typophiles
  4. typophilia
  5. typophone
  6. typophones
  7. typos
  8. typoscript
  9. typoscripts
  10. typosphere
  11. typosquat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: typophones (page history and authors); typophone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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