xylophone definition by Wordo

Noun

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

.

Verb

To

play

a

xylophone

or

to

play

something

else

as

though

it

was

a

xylophone

.