| NOUN | artifact | tympani, kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, timpani | a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it |
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| Meaning | A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it. | |
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| Synonyms | kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, timpani | |
| Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
| Spanish | atabal, timbal, tímpano, tímpanos | |
| Catalan | timbala, timbales, timbal | |
| Adjectives | tympanic | resembling a drum |
| Nouns | tympanist, timpanist | a person who plays the kettledrums |
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