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steel pan

steel pan is the alternative form of steelpan.

Meaning of steelpan

Noun

steelpan (countable and uncountable, plural steelpans)

  1. (countable) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum made of steel, originally from Trinidad.
    • Inside, it’s dim and cool, quiet except for some boys up in the loft at the back playing on the steelpan, not really playing seriously, just tapping notes at random, practising rolling the sticks.2019, Claire Adam, Golden Child, Faber & Faber, page 128
    Synonyms:
    pan, steel drum
  2. (uncountable) A style of music incorporating steelpans.

Forms of steel pan

pluralsteel pans

Questions about steel pan

What is steel pan the alternative form of?
Steel pan is the alternative form of steelpan.

Words near steel pan in the dictionary

  1. steel horses
  2. steel magnolia
  3. steel magnolias
  4. steel mill
  5. steel mills
  6. steel pan
  7. steel pan orchestra
  8. steel pan orchestras
  9. steel pannist
  10. steel pannists
  11. steel pans

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