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TIMPANI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does timpani mean?
• TIMPANI (noun)
The noun TIMPANI has 1 sense:
1. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Familiarity information: TIMPANI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
kettle; kettledrum; timpani; tympani; tympanum
Hypernyms ("timpani" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
Derivation:
timpanist (a person who plays the kettledrums)
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