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cabasa

cabasa noun: a percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted.

Noun

cabasa (plural cabasas)

  1. A percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted.

Forms of cabasa

pluralcabasas

Questions about cabasa

What does cabasa mean?
Cabasa means a percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted.
What part of speech is cabasa?
Cabasa is a noun.
What is the plural of cabasa?
The plural of cabasa is cabasas.

Words near cabasa in the dictionary

  1. Cabarroguis
  2. Cabarrus
  3. Cabarrus County
  4. Cabaruan
  5. cabas
  6. cabasa
  7. Cabasan
  8. Cabasaran
  9. cabasas
  10. Cabassa
  11. Cabassas

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