Marimba

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Marimba \Ma*rim"ba\, n. [Pg.]
     A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars
     yielding musical tones when struck. --Knight.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  marimba
       n : a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
           chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
           mallets [syn: {xylophone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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