Glockenspiel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A percussion instrument with a series of metal bars tuned to the chromatic scale and played with two light hammers.
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  • n. a musical instrument of the percussion family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A musical instrument consisting of a series of small bells or metal rods or tubes, mounted in a frame and struck by hammers; sometimes the latter are manipulated from a keyboard. In the form used in military bands, sometimes improperly called a lyre, from the shape of the frame.
  • n. In organ-building, a stop consisting of a set of bells, bars, or tubes sounded by hammers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    percussion instrument    percussive instrument   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    carillon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    marimba    sulin    four-hand    ophicleide    sternutatory   
     
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