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Wiktionary

  1. n. music Any of various devices that play tunes by means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or pluck metal teeth

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. a box or case containing apparatus moved by clockwork so as to play certain tunes automatically. The apparatus may be driven by a wind-up spring mechanism or by batteries.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate

Examples

  • “And she had a box of chocolates and a musical box that played "The Man who Broke" and two other tunes, and two pairs of kid gloves for church, and a box of writing-paper – pink – with "Alice" on it in gold writing, and an egg colored red that said "A. Bastable" in ink on one side.”

    The Wouldbegoods

  • “It is something like a musical box to me, Miss Powle, to see Mrs. Caxton's cheese-making.”

    The Old Helmet

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  4. sonometer
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  2. cither
  3. zanze
  4. resonance-box
  1. stop-work
  2. zither
  3. koto
  4. thumb piano
  1. monochord
  2. hammered dulcimer
  3. Aeolian harp
  4. kalimba
  1. chime
  2. fan
  3. roller
  4. gambang

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