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vibraphone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vibraphone has 1 sense
- vibraphone(n = noun.artifact) vibes, vibraharp - a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound; Array is a kind of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vibraphone, n. a percussion instrument of tuned metal bars with motor-driven resonators and metal tubes giving a vibrato effect.
Derivative
vibraphonist n.
Etymology
VIBRATO + -PHONE
THESAURUS
vibraphone
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, xylophone
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