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/ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/ · noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood..
Use glockenspiel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Glockenspiel means (music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood..
Common synonyms include orchestral bells.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use glockenspiel where its definition matches the intended context.
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