trommel

Definitions of trommel
  1. noun
    small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
    synonyms: kalfsvel, trom
  2. noun
    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
    synonyms: kalfsvel, trom
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    types:
    bongo, hoofdwond
    a small drum; played with the hands
    roffeltrom
    a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
    rinkelbom, tamboerijn
    a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
    type of:
    slaginstrument
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
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