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Word | Castanets |
French Meaning | castagnettes, petit instrument de musique à percussion formé de deux pièces de bois réunies par un cordon |
a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance / Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger / small concave pieces of wood, ivory, or plastic, joined in pairs by a cord and clicked together by the fingers as a rhythmic accompaniment to Spanish dancing., | |
Usage | ⇒ She had managed to put together castanets with pieces of wood and string, which she need for the dance. |
Synonyms | bones, clappers, finger cymbals, maraca, castanet, gong, lyra, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, |
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