'Marimba' definitions:
Definition of 'marimba'
(from WordNet)
noun
A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets [syn: marimba, xylophone]
Definition of 'Marimba'
From: GCIDE
- Marimba \Ma*rim"ba\, n. [Pg.] A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'marimba'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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