A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
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Examples for "drum "
Examples for "drum "
1 The New South Wales government said its drum lines were more humane.
2 Authorities said the drum lines would remain in place for a week.
3 Dry the pieces in the drum , and the yarn in the stove.
4 Riley joined the following year after a mere month of drum lessons.
5 State of Mind talked to Sam Wicks about the state of drum 'n ' bass .
1 Preparing the tympan , regulating the impression, underlaying and overlaying, setting gauges, and other details explained.
2 The composition, which fills the tympan of the scarcely-pointed arch, represents Christ surrounded by the twelve Apostles.
3 Over the cylinder is supported a diaphragm or tympan T, provided with a conical mouthpiece M for speaking into.
4 It consisted of a table, along which the forme of type, furnished with a tympan and frisket, was pushed by hand.
5 The tympan of the duplicating machine is sometimes made uneven so that the impression of a typewriter is still further carried out.
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Translations for membranophone