Meaning

1 senses
  1. A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.

    Vibraphon

    вибрафо́нvibrafón

    a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom plays the vibraphone exceptionally well.

    deTom spielt außerordentlich gut Vibraphon. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom hit the vibraphone with his mallet.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
percussion instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
percussion instrument:

Forms

plural: vibraphones
Singularvibraphone
Pluralvibraphones

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound:vibraharpvibes

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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