TYMPANUM Synonyms

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

• the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

• good hearing

• the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

• attention to what is said

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

• the quantity a kettle will hold

• (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

• the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

• the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear

• the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound