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How to pronounce “xylophone”

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Pronunciation guide for xylophone

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of xylophone with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Ronald Rael: An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wallthe world's largest xylophone, and we could play down this wall
Definition summary
(music) 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.

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How to pronounce xylophone

Ronald Rael: An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall

the world's largest xylophone, and we could play down this wall

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “xylophone”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (music) 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.
  • To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.

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