glockenspiel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: glock=en=spiel

CIDE DICTIONARY

glockenspiel, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.].

 An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

glockenspiel, n. a musical instrument consisting of a series of bells or metal bars or tubes suspended or mounted in a frame and struck by hammers.

Etymology

G, = bell-play

THESAURUS

glockenspiel

battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone