Definitions
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”). Doublet of timbre, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.
Used in a sentence
“When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion.”
“It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum […].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Tunable drum”8 letters
02“Kettle drum”8 letters
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