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Word entry · 6 letters

tympan

Best crossword clue

"Drumlike instrument"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪmpən/Part of speech nounSorted amnptyStarts with TEnds with N1 clues
1T2Y3M4P5A6N

Definitions

  1. A drum or drum-like percussion instrument.

Word origin

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Used in a sentence

  • As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
  • But soon I grew used to these sounds, and then I understood as well as ever, that is to say fully one half of what won its way past my tympan.

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