glockenspiel

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
27
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/(UK)
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/ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/(UK) · /ˈɡlɑk.ənˌʃpil/(US) · /ˈɡlɔk.n̩ˌʃpiːl/ · /ˈɡlɔk.ŋ̩ˌʃpiːl/

Definition of glockenspiel

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.

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Etymology

From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).

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