castanets

castanets [ˌkæstəˈnɛts]

pl n

(Music / Instruments) curved pieces of hollow wood, usually held between the fingers and thumb and made to click together: used esp by Spanish dancers

[C17 castanet, from Spanish castañeta, diminutive of castaña chestnut]

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Noun

castanets - a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

bones, clappers, finger cymbals

percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

castanets [ˌkæstəˈnets] NPL → castañuelas fpl

castanets [ˌkæstəˈnɛts] npl → castagnettes fpl

castanets

pl → Kastagnetten pl

castanets [ˌkæstəˈnɛts] npl → castagnette fpl, nacchere fpl

castanets

n pl castanets [kӕstəˈnets]

two hollow pieces of ivory or hard wood struck together as a rhythm for (especially Spanish) dances. kastanjette صَنّاجات кастанети kastaněty kastagnet die Kastagnette καστανιέτες (πληθ.) castañuelas kastanjetid چهارپاره؛ قاشقک kastanjetit castagnettes קַסטַניֶטוֹת करताल kastanjete kasztanyetta kastanyet kastaníettur, fingrasmella nacchere カスタネット (악기) 캐스터네츠 kastanjetės kastaņetes kastanet castagnetten kastanjetter kastaniety castanholas castaniete кастаньеты kastanety kastanjete kastanjete kastanjetter เครื่องให้จังหวะชนิดหนึ่งเป็นไม้ 2 อันประกบกัน kastanyet, İspanyol çalparası 響板 кастаньєти لکڑی یا ہاتھی دانت سے بنا ہوا ایک ساز catanhet 响板

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bolero Bones choreography clappers fandango finger cymbals instrument jota percussion instrument percussive instrument social dancing stage dancing teeth	Seville: it brings to the mind girls dancing with castanets, singing in gardens by the Guadalquivir, bull-fights, orange-blossom, mantillas, mantones de Manila. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context chimed in twenty voices, and the castanet player, in spite of the burden of his equipment, rushed out to the front and, walking backwards before the company, jerked his shoulders and flourished his castanets as if threatening someone. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets, and her ball bounded across the room. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context	cast iron cast of characters cast off cast on cast out cast pearls before swine cast steel cast stone cast up cast-iron cast-iron plant cast-off castable Castagno Castalia Castalian Castanea Castanea chrysophylla Castanea crenata Castanea dentata Castanea mollissima Castanea ozarkensis Castanea pumila Castanea sativa castanet castanets Castanopsis Castanopsis chrysophylla Castanospermum castaway caste caste system Castel Gandolfo casteless Castellammare di Stabia castellan Castellany castellated Castellation Castellón de la Plana caster caster action caster sugar castigate castigation Castigator Castigatory Castiglione Castile Castile soap Castilho	Castaldi, Pamfilo Castalia Castalia Castalia Parnassian Castalian Castalian Castalian Spring Castalion, Sébastien Castalis spectabilis Castanea Castanea (genus) Castanea (genus) Castanea (genus) Castanea chrysophylla Castanea crenata Castanea dentata Castanea mollissima Castanea ozarkensis Castanea pumila Castanea sativa Castanea species Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda's stain Castaneda, Carlos Castaneda, Carlos E. castaneous castanet castanet castanets Castanha do Pará Castanha do Pará Castanha do Pará Castanha-do-pará Castanha-do-pará Castanha-do-pará Castanopsis Castanopsis chrysophylla castanospermine Castanospermum Castanospermum Castanospermum australe Castanospermum australe CASTAR CASTASIA CASTAT castaway castaway castaway Castaways Castaways Castaways CASTC caste caste caste Caste (social) Caste (social) Caste (social) caste system

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Seville: it brings to the mind girls dancing with castanets, singing in gardens by the Guadalquivir, bull-fights, orange-blossom, mantillas, mantones de Manila.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

chimed in twenty voices, and the castanet player, in spite of the burden of his equipment, rushed out to the front and, walking backwards before the company, jerked his shoulders and flourished his castanets as if threatening someone.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets, and her ball bounded across the room.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

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