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drum heads

drum heads is the plural of drum head.

Meaning of drum head

Noun

drum head (plural drum heads)

  1. The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin but often synthetic.
    • […] out bounced the pudden itself, hoppin', as nimble as a pea on a drum-head, about the floor.1845, William Carleton, “The Pudding Bewitched”, in Tales and Sketches: Illustrating the Character, Usages, Traditions, Sports and Pastimes of the Irish Peasantry, Dublin: James Duffy, page 227
    Synonyms:
    drumskin, skin
  2. A drumhead cabbage.
    • The Savoy is best for boiling; drum-head and purple for Cole-Slaw.1896, Fanny Merritt Farmer, chapter XIX, in The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., published 1918

Questions about drum heads

What is drum heads the plural of?
Drum heads is the plural of drum head.

Words near drum heads in the dictionary

  1. drum cadences
  2. drum chart
  3. drum fill
  4. drum fills
  5. drum head
  6. drum heads
  7. drum horse
  8. drum horses
  9. drum into
  10. drum kit
  11. drum kits

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