WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu′sic box′, 
  1. Music and Dancea box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] musical box. 
  • 1765–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
music box, musical box n
  1. 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' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
musical box - roller

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