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marimba
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marimba has 1 sense
- marimba(n = noun.artifact) xylophone - a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets; Array is a kind of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
CIDE DICTIONARY
marimba, n. [Pg.].
A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marimba, n.
1 a xylophone played by natives of Africa and Central America.
2 a modern orchestral instrument derived from this.
1 a xylophone played by natives of Africa and Central America.
2 a modern orchestral instrument derived from this.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
marimba
battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, 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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