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Definition drum in British English

drum noun

noun
/drʌm/
1

a musical instrument consisting of a tight skin stretched over a round frame that you hit with your hands or a stick. Someone who plays a drum is a drummer.

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2

a large round container for liquids such as fuel and chemicals

Example

an oil drum

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2.1

a circular part of a machine such as a washing machine

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2.2

a circular object that you wind wire or rope around

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3

the sound of something continuously hitting a surface

Example

the steady drum of raindrops on the roof

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Definition drum in British English