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steelpans

steelpans is the plural 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.

Questions about steelpans

What is steelpans the plural of?
Steelpans is the plural of steelpan.

Words near steelpans in the dictionary

  1. steelmen
  2. steelo
  3. steelpan
  4. steelpannist
  5. steelpannists
  6. steelpans
  7. steelpipe
  8. steelpipes
  9. Steelpoort
  10. steelring
  11. steelrings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steelpans (page history and authors); steelpan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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