tympan

Noun
  1. A musical percussion instrument;
    Usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end (synset 103254272)
    is a type of: percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
    subtypes:
    • 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
    has: drumhead, head - a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
    same as: drum, membranophone

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