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Word entry · 7 letters

tambour

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"Small drum"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæmbʊə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted abmortuStarts with TEnds with R1 clues
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tabor5 letterstambour7 letters

Filled answer is this word (TAMBOUR).

Definitions

  1. A tambour is a drum or drum-shaped frame.

Word origin

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tabor and tanbur. Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla.

Used in a sentence

  • Recollect Lady Teazle when I saw you first—sitting at your tambour in a pretty figured linen gown—
  • One hazard is the tambour, a buttress which juts out and causes the ball to bounce unpredictably.

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