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tambur

tambur is the alternative form 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.

See all 12 meanings of tambour

Forms of tambur

pluraltamburs

Questions about tambur

What is tambur the alternative form of?
Tambur is the alternative form of tambour.

Words near tambur in the dictionary

  1. Tambukis
  2. Tambuko
  3. Tambulig
  4. Tambulilid
  5. Tambunting
  6. tambur
  7. tambura
  8. tamburas
  9. tamburello
  10. Tamburellos
  11. Tamburi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tambur (page history and authors); tambour (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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