"waterphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waterphones [plural]
Etymology: water + -phone Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|water|phone}} water + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterphone (plural waterphones)
  1. An acoustic percussion instrument consisting of a resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck, surrounded by rods of different lengths and diameters. Water may be added to the bowl to modify the sound. Categories (topical): Percussion instruments
    Sense id: en-waterphone-en-noun-JAXtpOHA Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -phone Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phone: 57 43
  2. An instrument for detecting leaks in pipes by their sound, consisting of a rod attached to an earpiece. Synonyms: aquaphone
    Sense id: en-waterphone-en-noun-TXVShodj

Inflected forms

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