marimba
A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.
Synonyms
- xylophone
A kind of
- percussion instrument
Related words
- marimbist
- marimbaist
- xylorimba
- xylo-marimba
Word history
From Portuguese "marimba".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “marimba” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.