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cymbal [ˈsɪmbəl] n
(Music / Instruments) a percussion instrument of indefinite pitch consisting of a thin circular piece of brass, which vibrates when clashed together with another cymbal or struck with a stick [Old English cymbala, from Medieval Latin, from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kumbalon, from kumbē something hollow] cymbaler , cymbaleer, cymbalist n cymbal-like adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations n cymbal [ˈsimbəl] a brass musical instrument like a plate with a hollow in the centre, two of which are struck together to produce a noise The cymbals clashed. simbaal صَنْج نُحاسي чинел činel bækken die Zimbel κύμβαλο címbalo, platillo simbel سنج symbaali cymbale מְצִילתָיִים मंजीरा cimbal cintányér simbal málmgjöll, simbalar cembalo シンバル 심벌즈 lėkštė šķīvji (mūzikas instruments) simbal cimbaal bekken czynel prato talger тарелка činel činele činela cymbal ฉาบ zil 鐃鈸 тарілки جهانجھ cái chũm chọe 铙钹 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. He was received by the whole troop of his majesty's wives, to the harmonious accords of the "upatu," a sort of cymbal made of the bottom of a copper kettle, and to the uproar of the "kilindo," a drum five feet high, hollowed out from the trunk of a tree, and hammered by the ponderous, horny fists of two jet-black virtuosi. Thurifer if Belgravia is not a sounding brass and Tyburnia a tinkling cymbal. |
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