musical box

Thân thiện

A child winds up the musical box to hear its gentle tune.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A mechanical device that produces music: A musical box is an automatic musical instrument. It creates sound when metal pins on a rotating cylinder pluck the tuned steel teeth of a metal comb.

Usage

• The word "musical box" is used to refer to the physical object itself. It is often a decorative item or a collectible.
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Advanced Usage

• As a subject of historical or technical interest: The term is used when discussing the mechanics, history, or collection of such devices.
  • The museum's exhibit on 19th-century automata featured several intricate musical boxes.

Variants and Related Words

• Music box: This is the more common term in American English and is a direct synonym for "musical box".
  • The jewelry was hidden inside a small music box.

Synonyms

• Music box: An automatic musical instrument, typically in a box, that plays a tune when a mechanism is wound up.
• Orchestrion (historical, and often larger): A complex mechanical musical instrument designed to sound like an orchestra.

Related Idioms or Phrases

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• music box