How many syllables in Drum
Word
Drum
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1 Syllable
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drum
Definition
- n. - An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow
cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or
vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere
(kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common
instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of
tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.
- n. - Anything resembling a drum in form
- n. - A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for
warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a
cylindrical receiver for steam, etc.
- n. - A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed.
- n. - The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied
to the tympanic membrane.
- n. - One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of
which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether
circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.
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