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percussion instrument

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An instrument, such as a drum, xylophone, piano, or maraca, in which sound is produced by one object striking another or by being scraped or shaken.

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  • noun music An instrument in which the sound is produced by striking, scraping or shaking an object.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. instrument
  2. musical instrument

hyponyms (32)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. bell
  2. bones
  3. castanets
  4. chime
  5. clappers
  6. cymbal
  7. drum
  8. finger cymbals
  9. forte-piano
  10. glockenspiel
  11. gong
  12. kettle
  13. kettledrum
  14. lagerphone
  15. maraca
  16. marimba
  17. membranophone
  18. orchestral bells
  19. piano
  20. pianoforte
  21. rain stick
  22. steel drum
  23. tam-tam
  24. timpani
  25. triangle
  26. tympan
  27. tympani
  28. tympanum
  29. vibes
  30. vibraharp
  31. vibraphone
  32. xylophone

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