orchestral bells

1. 1.

   a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

   Synonymsglockenspiel

   Broaderpercussion instrument

Questions about orchestral bells

What does orchestral bells mean?

orchestral bells means "a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers".

What is another word for orchestral bells?

Close synonyms include glockenspiel. 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 orchestral bells a common word?

orchestral bells is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.