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    MEMBRANOPHONE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each endplay

    Synonyms:

    drum; membranophone; tympan

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("membranophone" is a kind of...):

    percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

    Meronyms (parts of "membranophone"):

    drumhead; head (a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "membranophone"):

    bass drum; gran casa (a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch)

    bongo; bongo drum (a small drum; played with the hands)

    side drum; snare; snare drum (a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head)

    tabor; tabour (a small drum with one head of soft calfskin)

    tambour (a drum)

    tambourine (a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides)

    tenor drum; tom-tom (any of various drums with small heads)

    timbrel (small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers)

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