Phrase guide

snare drum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snare, side drum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drum, membranophone, tympan

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: caixa clara — tubular drum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小鼓 (xiǎogǔ) — tubular drum
  • Czech: malý buben — tubular drum
  • Czech: virbl — tubular drum
  • Dutch: snarentrom — tubular drum
  • Dutch: snaredrum — tubular drum
  • Finnish: pikkurumpu — tubular drum
  • Finnish: virvelirumpu — tubular drum
  • Finnish: virveli — tubular drum
  • French: caisse claire — tubular drum
  • German: kleine Trommel — tubular drum
  • German: Schnarrtrommel — tubular drum
  • German: Snare — tubular drum
  • German: Rührtrommel — tubular drum
  • Hungarian: pergődob — tubular drum
  • Hungarian: kisdob — tubular drum
  • Icelandic: sneriltromma — tubular drum
  • Irish: sreangdhruma — tubular drum
  • Italian: rullante — tubular drum
  • Japanese: スネアドラム (sunea doramu) — tubular drum
  • Korean: 작은북 (jageunbuk) — tubular drum
  • Korean: 스네어 드럼 (seuneeo deureom) — tubular drum
  • Korean: 사이드 드럼 (saideu deureom) — tubular drum
  • Macedonian: до́бош (dóboš) — tubular drum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skarptromme — tubular drum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skarptromme — tubular drum
  • Polish: werbel — tubular drum
  • Portuguese: caixa — tubular drum
  • Russian: ма́лый бараба́н (mályj barabán) — tubular drum
  • Spanish: redoblante — tubular drum
  • Spanish: caja clara — tubular drum
  • Spanish: tarola — tubular drum
  • Spanish: caja — tubular drum
  • Swedish: virveltrumma — tubular drum
  • Turkish: trampet — tubular drum