music box

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

   Synonymsmusical box

   Broadermusical instrument

Questions about music box

What does music box mean?

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

What is another word for music box?

Close synonyms include musical box. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is music box a common word?

music box is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.