steel drum

noun
Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
Also called steel pan.


Origin:
1950–55

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steel drum

noun
a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) 
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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