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thunder-drum

thunder-drum noun: a large drum giving a deep booming sound when struck, used to imitate the sound of thunder.

Noun

thunder-drum (plural thunder-drums)

  1. A large drum giving a deep booming sound when struck, used to imitate the sound of thunder.
    • Bull-voices and thunder-drums and the clashing of cymbals were used in this connection by the Greeks, and are mentioned by Aeschylus; but the bull-roarer, in the form of a rhombus of wood whirled at the end of a string, seems to be known, or to have been known, all over the world.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 72

Forms of thunder-drum

pluralthunder-drums

Questions about thunder-drum

What does thunder-drum mean?
Thunder-drum means a large drum giving a deep booming sound when struck, used to imitate the sound of thunder.
What part of speech is thunder-drum?
Thunder-drum is a noun.
What is the plural of thunder-drum?
The plural of thunder-drum is thunder-drums.

Words near thunder-drum in the dictionary

  1. thunder word
  2. thunder words
  3. thunder-box
  4. thunder-boxes
  5. thunder-cloud
  6. thunder-drum
  7. thunder-drums
  8. thunder-gust
  9. thunder-gusts
  10. thunder-plant
  11. thunder-plump

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