Percussion instrument Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Percussion instrument has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

percussion instrument percussive instrument

An instrument in which the sound is produced by striking, scraping or shaking an object.

See Also

woodwind stompbox crystallophone shaking reco reco beater triangle sound

Related Terms

woodwind stompbox crystallophone shaking reco reco beater triangle sound pulsatory clacker scraping percussion limberjack waterphone castanet hand jive rhythm stick ipu washboard ganzá

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

musical instrument

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

bones chime cymbal drum glockenspiel gong kettle lagerphone maraca marimba piano rain stick steel drum triangle vibraphone

Rhyming Words

ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent

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