drum
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
Example
“He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!”
Other meanings
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
“Replace the drum unit of your printer.”
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
“The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.”
A kind of
- percussion instrument
Kinds of drum
- bass drum
- snare drum
- tenor drum
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Dutch "trommelslach" (drumbeat).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “drum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.