marimba

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
marimba
    n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
         chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
         mallets [syn: {marimba}, {xylophone}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Marimba \Ma*rim"ba\, n. [Pg.]
   A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars
   yielding musical tones when struck. --Knight.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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