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glockenspiel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glockenspiel has 1 sense
- glockenspiel(n = noun.artifact) orchestral bells - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers; Array is a kind of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
CIDE DICTIONARY
glockenspiel, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glockenspiel, n. a musical instrument consisting of a series of bells or metal bars or tubes suspended or mounted in a frame and struck by hammers.
Etymology
G, = bell-play
THESAURUS
glockenspiel
battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, 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, xylophone
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