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xylophonic

xylophonic adjective: of or pertaining to a xylophone.

Adjective

xylophonic (comparative more xylophonic, superlative most xylophonic)

  1. Of or pertaining to a xylophone.
    • Everything about them —— the look, the feel, the faint smell, the xylophonic sound they make when they fall over —— reminds him of his youth.2008 February 10, David Colman, “Long Before Legos, Wood Was Nice and Did Suffice”, in New York Times

Forms of xylophonic

comparativemore xylophonic
superlativemost xylophonic

Origin of xylophonic

From xylophone + -ic.

Words formed from xylophonic

Questions about xylophonic

What does xylophonic mean?
Xylophonic means of or pertaining to a xylophone.
What part of speech is xylophonic?
Xylophonic is an adjective.

Words near xylophonic in the dictionary

  1. xylophobia
  2. xylophone
  3. xylophoned
  4. xylophonelike
  5. xylophones
  6. xylophonic
  7. xylophonically
  8. xylophoning
  9. xylophonist
  10. xylophonists
  11. xylophory

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