English noun: percussion instrument |
1. | percussion instrument (artifact) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
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| Synonyms | percussive instrument |
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| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, musical instrument |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bell, bones, castanets, chime, clappers, cymbal, drum, finger cymbals, forte-piano, glockenspiel, gong, gong, kettle, kettledrum, lagerphone, maraca, marimba, membranophone, orchestral bells, piano, pianoforte, rain stick, steel drum, tam-tam, timpani, triangle, tympan, tympani, tympanum, vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone, xylophone |
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| Part holonym | hammer, mallet |
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