Usually means: Produces sound through body vibration.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. idiophone: Merriam-Webster
  2. idiophone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. idiophone: Collins English Dictionary
  4. idiophone: Wiktionary
  5. Idiophone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. idiophone: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  7. idiophone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idiophone: The Folk File

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (idiophone)

▸ noun:  Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).

Similar:
string instrument, chordophone, harmonichord, musical instrument, instrument, wind instrument, metallophone, armonica, electrophone, vibrophone, more...

Types:
clapper, cymbal, gong, triangle, tambourine, xylophone, maracas, castanets, snare drum, more...

Phrases:
percussion idiophone, Struck idiophone, more...

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Similar:
string instrument, chordophone, harmonichord, musical instrument, instrument, wind instrument, metallophone, armonica, electrophone, vibrophone, more...

Types:
clapper, cymbal, gong, triangle, tambourine, xylophone, maracas, castanets, snare drum, more...

Phrases:
percussion idiophone, Struck idiophone, more...



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