English word xylophone comes from English -phone, English xylo- (Wood.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -phone | English (en) | A device related to the telephone.. A device that makes a sound.. A speaker of a certain language.. A type of sound. |
| xylo- | English (en) | Wood. |
| xylophone | English (en) | (musical instrument) 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. To move above a ridged surface so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.. To play a [...] |