Xylophone

Pronunciation

• enPR: zīʹlÉ™-fōn', IPA: /ˈzaɪ.lÉ™.ËŒfəʊn/
• Hyphenation: xy + lo + phone

Origin

From -("of wood") + phone("sound") + -.

Full definition of xylophone

Noun

1. a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

Derived terms

• xylophonist