rumpu — meaning in English

English meaning

• barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
• drum noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.

Senses

rumpu is used for these senses in English:

• barrel A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
• drum (percussion instrument) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
• drum Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.

barrel — full definition

1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

drum — full definition

1. noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
2. noun A cylindrical container, especially one used to store or transport liquid.
3. verb To strike or tap rhythmically, as if playing a drum.

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