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tam⋅bour

  [tam-boor, tam-boor]
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–noun
1. Music. a drum.
2. a drum player.
3. Also called tabaret. a circular frame consisting of two hoops, one fitting within the other, in which cloth is stretched for embroidering.
4. embroidery done on such a frame.
5. Furniture. a flexible shutter used as a desk top or in place of a door, composed of a number of closely set wood strips attached to a piece of cloth, the whole sliding in grooves along the sides or at the top and bottom.
6. Architecture. drum 1 (def. 10).
7. Court Tennis. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
8. to embroider on a tambour.
Origin:
1475–85; < MF: drum ≪ Ar tanbūr lute < MGk pandoúra; cf. bandore
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drum

1  [druhm] noun, plural drums, (especially collectively for 11) drum, verb, drummed, drum⋅ming.
–noun
1. a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
2. any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way.
3. the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device.
4. any rumbling or deep booming sound.
5. a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound.
6. eardrum.
7. any cylindrical object with flat ends.
8. a cylindrical part of a machine.
9. a cylindrical box or receptacle, esp. a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids.
10. Also called tambour. Architecture.
a. any of several cylindrical or nearly cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier.
b. a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome.
11. any of several marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that produce a drumming sound.
12. Also called drum memory. Computers. magnetic drum.
13. Archaic. an assembly of fashionable people at a private house in the evening.
14. a person who plays the drum.
15. Australian Informal. reliable, confidential, or profitable information: to give someone the drum.
–verb (used without object)
16. to beat or play a drum.
17. to beat on anything rhythmically, esp. to tap one's fingers rhythmically on a hard surface.
18. to make a sound like that of a drum; resound.
19. (of ruffed grouse and other birds) to produce a sound resembling drumming.
–verb (used with object)
20. to beat (a drum) rhythmically; perform by beating a drum: to drum a rhythm for dancers.
21. to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum.
22. to drive or force by persistent repetition: to drum an idea into someone.
23. to fill a drum with; store in a drum: to drum contaminated water and dispose of it.
—Verb phrases
24. drum out,
a. (formerly) to expel or dismiss from a military service in disgrace to the beat of a drum.
b. to dismiss in disgrace: He was drummed out of the university for his gambling activities.
25. drum up,
a. to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum.
b. to obtain or create (customers, trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort: They were unable to drum up enthusiasm for the new policies.
c. to concoct; devise: to drum up new methods of dealing with urban crime.
—Idiom
26. beat the drum, to promote, publicize, or advertise: The boss is out beating the drum for a new product.
Origin:
1535–45; back formation from drumslade drum, drummer, alter. of D or LG trommelslag drumbeat, equiv. to trommel drum + slag beat (akin to slagen to beat; c. slay )
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drum   (drŭm)   
n.  

    1. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over one or both ends, played by beating with the hands or sticks.

    2. A sound produced by this instrument.

    3. A circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome or cupola. Also called tambour.

    4. Any of the cylindrical stone blocks that are stacked to form the shaft of a column.

  2. Something resembling a drum in shape or structure, especially a barrellike metal container or a metal cylinder wound with cable, wire, or heavy rope.

  3. Architecture

    1. A circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome or cupola. Also called tambour.

    2. Any of the cylindrical stone blocks that are stacked to form the shaft of a column.

  4. Any of various marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that make a drumming sound.

  5. Anatomy The eardrum.

v.   drummed, drum·ming, drums

v.   intr.

  1. To play a drum or drums.

  2. To thump or tap rhythmically or continually: nervously drummed on the table.

  3. To produce a booming, reverberating sound by beating the wings, as certain birds do.

v.   tr.

  1. To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a drum.

  2. To summon by or as if by beating a drum.

  3. To make known to or force upon (a person) by constant repetition: drummed the answers into my head.

  4. To expel or dismiss in disgrace. Often used with out: was drummed out of the army.

Phrasal Verb(s):
drum up

  1. To bring about by continuous, persistent effort: drum up new business.

  2. To devise; invent: drummed up an alibi.


[Middle English drom, probably alteration of Middle Dutch tromme, probably of imitative origin.]
tam·bour   (tām'bŏŏr', tām-bŏŏr')   
n.  

  1. A drum or drummer.

    1. A small wooden embroidery frame consisting of two concentric hoops between which fabric is stretched.

    2. Embroidery made on such a frame.

  3. A rolling front or top for a desk or table, consisting of narrow strips of wood glued to canvas.

  4. Architecture See drum.

v.   tam·boured, tam·bour·ing, tam·bours

v.   tr.
To do (embroidery) on a frame consisting of two concentric hoops.
v.   intr.
To embroider at or on such a frame.

[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ṭanbūr, stringed musical instrument; probably akin to Persian tambūr, lute, from Middle Persian.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: drum
Pronunciation: 'dr&m
Function: noun
: TYMPANICMEMBRANE

Main Entry: tam·bour
Pronunciation: 'tam-"bu(&)r, tam-'
Function: noun
: a shallow metallic cup or drum with a thin elastic membrane supporting awriting lever used to transmit and register slight motions (as arterial pulsations and peristaltic contractions)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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drum (drŭm)
n.
See eardrum.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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tambour

embroidery worked on material that has been stretched taut on a tambour frame, which consists of two wooden hoops, one slightly larger than the other, fitting close together. The embroidery is worked with a needle or a tambour hook. When an expanse of material has to be covered that is too large for a fixed square frame, it is possible to do the work in stages on a tambour frame, stretching different portions of the material at a time. The frame is portable and suitable for carrying work around. Early examples of tambour work come from China, India, Persia, and Turkey. It was popular in Europe and the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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