xylophone
noun
a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually sounded by striking with small wooden hammers.
xylophonic
-
a word derived from
xylophone.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It consisted of two sticks of hard resonant wood, the Page 145 smaller of which was struck against the larger, producing a clear xylophonic note.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Faint and far, a xylophonic call of beaten wooden bars rapped across the jungle, rising and falling in swift, regular cadence—a sirenical flow and ebb of sound waves.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
This was soon fastened to the gunwales of the canoe where I had seen it used before, on my trip to the neighbouring tribe, and soon the same powerful, xylophonic sounds vibrated through the forest.
From In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians by Algot Lange
Many African instruments are, however, sweet and gentle, and as mild as sucking doves, notably the xylophonic family.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
They played xylophonic tunes with penholders on the desk's edge and carved their initials inside: they wrote their names in ink and made the inscription permanent by rubbing it over with blotting-paper.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
