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RAIN STICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rain stick" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
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