Drum - English meaning

drʌm

Drum – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.
Usage examples:
A shuffling dance to the beat of a drum
noun
A cylindrical container or receptacle.
Usage examples:
A drum of powdered bleach
Synonims:
CanisterBarrelCylinderTankBinCanContainerReceptacleHolderVesselRepository
noun
A house or flat.
Usage examples:
My las' drum was in a tower block an' the lifts were never workin'.
noun
An evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century.
Usage examples:
A drum at lady beresford's
noun
A piece of reliable inside information.
Usage examples:
He had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up

verb
Play on a drum or drums.
Usage examples:
He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups
verb
Give (someone) reliable information or a warning.
Usage examples:
I'm drumming you, if they come i'm going

noun
A long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

noun
A fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters.
Usage examples:
The bay was sandy-green with marginal visibility but clarity was not a major issue because drum pri…

noun
A musical instrument, usually with a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or bowl, played by hitting with the hand or a stick
Usage examples:
An oil drum, the rain drummed on the tin roof.

noun
A large container used for storing liquids such as oil and chemicals
Usage examples:
3000 drums of lethal chemicals have been dumped in the sea., he will collect 60 to 70 pounds of hon…

noun
A musical instrument, especially one made from a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or bowl, played by hitting with the hand or a stick
Usage examples:
A bass/snare/kettle drum, beat of a drum they danced to the beat of the drums (= sound of the drums…

noun
A large tube-like container
Usage examples:
An oil drum, a five-gallon plastic drum, drum of a drum of radioactive waste

noun
The hollow metal cylinder in a washing machine into which clothes and other things are put for washing

verb
To hit a surface regularly and make a sound like a drum, or to make something do this
Usage examples:
Drum something on something she drummed her fingers impatiently on the table., drum on the rain dru…

Drum translation into English

Drum: translate from English into Chinese

鼓, 鼓声, 铁桶, 鼓膜, 鼓室, 鼓状物

Drum: translate from English into Dutch

Trommel, Trommelen, Tamboer, Trom, Rol, Bus, Bonzen, Trommelholte, Instampen

Drum: translate from English into French

Tambouriner, Tambour, Bidon, Jouer de la batterie, Battre le tambour, Tonnelet

Drum: translate from English into German

Trommel, Trommeln, Fass, Walze, Zylinder, Tonne, Prasseln, Walken, Wummern, Pauken

Drum: translate from English into Hindi

ड्रम, ढोल, दुंदुमी, नगाड़ा, पीपा, ढोल बजाना, नगाड़ा बजाना, थपथपाना, कान के भीतर का परदा, मृदंग, पर्दाकान का

Drum: translate from English into Italian

Tamburellare, Tamburo, Batteria, Fusto, Suonare il tamburo, Tambureggiare, Bidone, Timpano

Drum: translate from English into Korean

북, 북소리, 중이, 집, 경보, 둥둥 치다, 둥둥 때리다, 쿵쿵 치다, 쿵쿵 때리다, 윙윙 날개 소리를 내다, 북을 쳐서 연주하다, 둥둥 소리를 내다, 쿵쿵 소리를 내다, 되풀이하여...하게 하다, 선전하며 돌아다니다, 빙퇴구, 북을 치다, 둥둥 발을 구르다, 쿵쿵 발을 구르다, 북을 쳐서 모으다

Drum: translate from English into Russian

Барабан, Барабанить, Цилиндр, Вдолбить, Стучать, Барабанный бой, Барабанная перепонка, Бить в барабан, Барабанить пальцами, Топать, Хлопать крыльями

Drum: translate from English into Spanish

Tambor, Teclear, Tamborilear, Tocar el tambor, Bidón, Barril, Bombo, Tímpano, Bombona, Zapatear, Timbal, Tambalear

Word origin

early 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish druim ‘ridge’.

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Drum synonims

barrel

ˈbær.əl

noun
A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with metal hoops round them.
Usage examples:
The wine is then matured in old barrels

verb
Drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control.
Usage examples:
We barrelled across the everglades

noun
A large wooden container with a flat top and bottom and curving sides that are wider in the middle
Usage examples:
We were barreling along at 80 miles an hour.

Barrel - all meanings in English

bin

bɪn

noun
A receptacle in which to deposit rubbish.
Usage examples:
Bin wagons, rubbish bins and boxes are all in line for a major shake-up to smooth the way for kerbs…

verb
Throw (something) away by putting it in a bin.
Usage examples:
Piles of junk that should have been binned years ago

prefix
Variant form of bi- before a vowel (as in binaural ).

Bin - all meanings in English

can

kæn

noun
A cylindrical metal container.
Usage examples:
A petrol can

verb
Preserve (food) in a can.
Usage examples:
Sardines and anchovies are worth the extra money if canned in olive oil

abbreviation
Canada or canadian.

Can - all meanings in English

canister

ˈkæn.ɪ.stər

noun
A round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.
Usage examples:
Pill bottles or film canisters make excellent storage containers for seeds.

noun
A container with a cover, used for storing foods or objects
Usage examples:
I bought brightly colored canisters to hold sugar and flour.

noun
A firm container, usually made of metal and often round or cylinder-shaped, for holding food or chemicals
Usage examples:
A small canister of curry powder, a tea canister

Canister - all meanings in English

container

kənˈteɪ.nər

noun
An object for holding or transporting something.
Usage examples:
The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

noun
A hollow object, such as a box or a bottle, that can be used for holding something, especially to carry or store it
Usage examples:
An airtight container, a plastic drinks container

noun
A very large metal box used for transporting goods
Usage examples:
A container ship/lorry

Container - all meanings in English

cylinder

ˈsɪl.ɪn.dər

noun
A solid geometrical figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval cross section.
Usage examples:
Narnia uses stencil shadows generated from implicit geometry representations such as cylinders and …

noun
A surface generated by rotating a line around a fixed line

noun
A solid or hollow tube with long straight sides and two circular ends the same size, or an object shaped like this, often used as a container
Usage examples:
Deep-sea divers carry cylinders of oxygen on their backs.

Cylinder - all meanings in English

holder

ˈhəʊl.dər

noun
A device or implement for holding something.
Usage examples:
I replaced the phone in its holder

noun
A device for putting objects in or for keeping them in place
Usage examples:
A cup/paper towel holder, property holders, competition benefits credit card holders.

noun
A person who officially owns something
Usage examples:
A credit card holder, property holders were pleased with the tax cut.

Holder - all meanings in English

receptacle

noun
A hollow object used to contain something.
Usage examples:
Fast-food receptacles

noun
A container for holding things or that you can put things in
Usage examples:
A trash receptacle

Receptacle - all meanings in English

repository

noun
A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored.
Usage examples:
A deep repository for nuclear waste

noun
A place where things are stored
Usage examples:
A nuclear waste repository, fig. the proverbs amounted to a repository of wisdom.

Repository - all meanings in English

tank

noun
A large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
Usage examples:
Only two tonnes of liquid chlorine spilt from a storage tank after an equipment failure, but it was…

verb
Short for tank engine.
Usage examples:
A large class of 0-6-0 tanks

noun
A container that holds liquid or gas
Usage examples:
A water tank, fuel/gas/oxygen tanks, a fish tank

Tank - all meanings in English

vessel

noun
A ship or large boat.
Usage examples:
The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and…

noun
A large boat or ship
Usage examples:
A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor., we used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vesse…

noun
A large boat or a ship
Usage examples:
Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port., a cargo/container/freight vessel, a commercia…

Vessel - all meanings in English

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