glass harmonica

noun — 2 senses

glass harmonica

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

2

Broadly The glass harp.

Synonyms
bowl organ, armonica, glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica, musical glasses
Derived terms
glass harmonicist

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