Dictionary Check: drum

"drum" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 9 points

Definition

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a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

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the sound of a drum

Example: "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
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a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

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a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

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a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

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small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

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