[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

xylophone \xy"lophone\, n. xylo- + gr. fwnh` sound.
   1913 webster
   1. mus. originally, an instrument common among the
      russians, poles, and tartars, consisting of a series of
      strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical
      scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two
      small hammers; now any similar musical instrument composed
      of a series of bars of graduated length. called in germany
      strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
      1913 webster +pjc

   2. an instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
      different kinds of wood. --knight.
      1913 webster
see also:
strohfiedel straw fiddle 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

xylophone
     n : a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
         chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
         mallets syn: marimba
see also:
marimba 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "xylophone":
   battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers,
   crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong,
   handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone,
   orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions,
   percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam,
   tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes,
   vibraphone

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Limmy.com : Xylophone
...... xylophone. ... ..
http://www.limmy.com/playthings/xylophone/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:47 pm

Weebls Stuff - Patrick Moore
...Credits. Patrick Moore does indeed play the xylophone. Idea by Rob ... xylophone. Idea by Rob Manuel. ... ..
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/20/, score=57, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 4:12 pm

Genius Kids #1
...I mean, I am nowhere near the xylophone player she is. Come to think ... who the hell watches xylophone playing on TV? I write the website for ... ..
http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboGKIDS01.html, score=33, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:06 pm

Patrick Moore Plays The Xylophone from Rob Manuel & Weebl
... ..
http://www.b3ta.co.uk/patrickmoore/, score=32, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:31 pm

Xylophone Films
... ..
http://www.xylophonefilms.com/, score=32, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:41 pm

Xylophone
...Xylophone The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion ... A xylophone with a range extending downwards into the marimba range is ... ..
http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-Xylophone.html, score=30, date indexed=December 7, 2005, 3:58 pm

Xylophone.com - xylophone.com
...Xylophone    Instrument Repair    Music Store    Classical Sheet Music ... ..
http://www.xylophone.com/, score=28, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:39 pm

Xylophone Player
...Xylophone Player.  . In Xylophone Player, Becky Lippmann built an ... LEGO robot that could play a toy xylophone. The robot moved back and ... ..
http://www.wellesley.edu/Physics/Rberg/xylo.html, score=28, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:02 am

Vic Firth Orchestral Series Keyboard Mallets
...Medium poly. Light and clear for xylophone and bells A great choice ... Medium hard nylon for a focused sound on xylophone and bells.. Head = ... ..
http://www.vicfirth.com/products/orchestralkeyboard.html, score=27, date indexed=January 17, 2006, 12:35 pm

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