τύμπανο — meaning in English
tybano
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English meaning
- drum noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- tympanum noun Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
Senses
τύμπανο is used for these senses in English:
- shell (weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
- shell (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and for attaching the drum head.
- tympanum (architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated
drum — full definition
- noun A percussion instrument with a tight skin stretched over a hollow body, played by striking.
- noun A cylindrical container, especially one used to store or transport liquid.
- verb To strike or tap rhythmically, as if playing a drum.
shell — full definition
- noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
- noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
- noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
- verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.