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tambours

tambours is the plural of tambour.

Meaning of tambour

Noun

tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours)

  1. A small shallow drum.
    1. A drummer.
  2. A circular frame for embroidery.
    • Recollect Lady Teazle when I saw you first—sitting at your tambour in a pretty figured linen gown—1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i
  3. A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
  4. Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
  5. The capital of a Corinthian column.

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Questions about tambours

What is tambours the plural of?
Tambours is the plural of tambour.

Words near tambours in the dictionary

  1. tambourinist
  2. tambourinists
  3. tambourins
  4. tambourist
  5. tambourists
  6. tambours
  7. tambous
  8. Tambov
  9. TamBrahm
  10. TamBrahms
  11. tambreet

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