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Tambor

TAM'BOR

, n.
1.
A small drum, used by the Biscayans as an accompaniment to the flageolet.
2.
In architecture, a term applied to the Corinthian and composite capitals, which bear some resemblance to a drum. It is also called the vase, and campana, or the bell.
3.
A little box of timber work covered with a ceiling, within the porches of certain churches.
4.
A round course of stones, several of which form the shaft of a pillar, not so high as a diameter.
5.
In the arts, a species of embroidery, wrought on a kind of cushion or spherical body, which is properly the tambor, and so names from its resemblance to a drum.

TAM'BOR

,
Verb.
T.
To embroider with a tambor.

Definition 2024

tambor

tambor

See also: tambôr

Catalan

Noun

tambor m ‎(plural tambors)

  1. drum

Galician

Noun

tambor m ‎(plural tambores)

  1. drum

Portuguese

tambor

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic طُنْبُور ‎(ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɹ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɻ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃.ˈboɾ/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bor

Noun

tambor m (plural tambores)

  1. (musical instruments) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
  2. drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
  3. drum (a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage)
  4. cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  5. tumbler (movable obstruction in a lock)
  6. the revolving drum of a concrete mixer
  7. (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
  8. (regional, South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic طُنْبُور ‎(ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠mˈβ̞o̞ɾ], [ta̠mˈbo̞ɾ]

Noun

tambor m ‎(plural tambores)

  1. drum
  2. drum-shaped piece, part or device

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