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SIDE DRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does side drum mean? 

SIDE DRUM (noun)
  The noun SIDE DRUM has 1 sense:

1. a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower headplay

  Familiarity information: SIDE DRUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIDE DRUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

side drum; snare; snare drum

Hypernyms ("side drum" is a kind of...):

drum; membranophone; tympan (a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end)

Meronyms (parts of "side drum"):

snare (strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit)


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