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TYMPAN
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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 end
Synonyms:
drum; membranophone; tympan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tympan" 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 "tympan"):
drumhead; head (a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tympan"):
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)
Derivation:
tympanist (a person who plays the kettledrums)
