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STEEL DRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steel drum" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)