CYMBAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cymbal mean? 

• CYMBAL (noun)
  The noun CYMBAL has 1 sense:

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

  Familiarity information: CYMBAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYMBAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cymbal" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cymbal"):

high-hat cymbal; high hat (cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal)

zill (one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance)

 Context examples 

"Hear! Hear!" cried Jo, clashing the lid of the warming pan like a cymbal.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)