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drumhead

drumhead is the alternative form 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

Forms of drumhead

pluraldrumheads

Origin of drumhead

From drum + -head.

Phrases with drumhead

Questions about drumhead

What is drumhead the alternative form of?
Drumhead is the alternative form of drum head.

Words near drumhead in the dictionary

  1. drumfuls
  2. drumfunk
  3. Drumgelloch
  4. Drumgoole
  5. Drumgooles
  6. drumhead
  7. drumhead cabbage
  8. drumhead cabbages
  9. drumhead clock
  10. drumhead clocks
  11. drumhead court-martial

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