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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
The stretched membrane of a drum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A tympanum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
The tympanum of the ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drum, membranophone
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Broader terms: percussion instrument, percussive instrument
Narrower terms: bass drum, gran casa, bongo, bongo drum, snare drum, snare, side drum, tabor, tabour, tambour, tambourine, tenor drum, tom-tom, timbrel
History
From Medieval Latin tympanum.
