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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large drum having a cylindrical body and two heads and producing a low, resonant sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See
bass , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a large drum with a low
pitch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
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