xylophone
Syllables: xy·lo·phoneUK/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn//ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/
xylophone 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.
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Noun
xylophone (plural xylophones)
- 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?
Verb
xylophone (third-person singular simple present xylophones, present participle xylophoning, simple past and past participle xylophoned)
- To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
- 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.
- my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories2002, Amu Nnadi, The Fire Within: Poetry : Includes the Abiola Manuscript
- Like a cat, I arch into the back of the bench, my spine xylophoning along the slats while the tension of the day slowly drains out of me. I'm totally chill and mellow.2010 October 26, Barrie Summy, I So Don't Do Spooky, Yearling, →ISBN, page 27
xylophone meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Sinhala
xylophone in Tamil
- musical instrument
- சுரம் இசைவி curam icaivi
xylophone in Marathi
- musical instrument
- जाय्लोफोन jāylophon
xylophone in Kannada
- ಮರವುಲಿ
xylophone in Sinhala
- musical instrument
- සයිලොෆෝන් sayilofōn
More languagesFewer languages
- xylophone in Tagalog
- silopono
- xylophone in Arabic
- سِيلُوفُون sīlūfūn
- xylophone in Malay
- xilofon
- xylophone in Indonesian
- xilofon
- xylophone in Persian
- سنتور چوبی
- xylophone in Thai
- ระนาด rá-nâat, ไซโลโฟน
- xylophone in Vietnamese
- mộc cầm
- xylophone in Myanmar
- ပတ္တလား patta.la:
Forms of xylophone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | xylophones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | xylophones |
| present participle | xylophoning |
| past participle | xylophoned |
| past | xylophoned |
Origin of xylophone
From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).
Words formed from xylophone
- concert xylophone
- metal xylophone
- stone xylophone
- xylophonist
Questions about xylophone
- What does xylophone mean?
- 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.
- What is xylophone in Tamil?
- Xylophone in Tamil is சுரம் இசைவி (curam icaivi). See Xylophone meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is xylophone?
- Xylophone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce xylophone?
- Xylophone is pronounced /ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of xylophone?
- The plural of xylophone is xylophones.
Words near xylophone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: xylophone (page history and authors); xylophone (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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