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music box
Word forms: plural music boxes
countable noun
A music box is a box that plays a tune when you open the lid.
music box in British English
or musical box
noun
a mechanical instrument that plays tunes by means of pins on a revolving cylinder striking the tuned teeth of a comblike metal plate, contained in a box
music box in American English
a mechanical musical instrument consisting of a case containing a bar with tuned steel teeth that are struck by pins or projections so arranged on a revolving cylinder or disc as to produce a certain tune or tunes
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