cymbal
A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
A kind of
- percussion instrument
Related words
- cymballike
- China cymbal
- Chinese cymbal
- trash cymbal
- crash cymbal
- ride cymbal
- sock cymbal
- finger cymbal
- flying cymbal
- pang cymbal
- suspended cymbal
- cymbalist
Word history
From Latin "cymbalum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cymbal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.