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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

  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.

shell — full definition

  1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
  2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
  3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
  4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
  5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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