Marimba

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A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

Noun

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marimba - a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets Synonyms: xylophone

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