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[syn: glockenspiel, orchestral bells]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glockenspiel \Glock"en*spiel`\, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel
play.] (Music)
An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod,
now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a
bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
glockenspiel
n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated
metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
[syn: glockenspiel, orchestral bells]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "glockenspiel":
battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers,
crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, 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, vibraphone, xylophone