Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A music-making device consisting of a housing or box enclosing a sounding mechanism, especially one in which a row of tuned steel teeth are plucked by pins set in a revolving cylinder to produce a melody.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
musical box (which see, undermusical ). - noun A barrel-organ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A box that generates or plays
music , particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using acylinder ordisk containing the music.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
Etymologies
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From music plus box.
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