Synonyms of the word

tympan

• n. (printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure…
• n. (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
• n. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
• n. (architecture) A tympanum.

drum

• n. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming…
• n. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
• n. In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
• n. (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
• n. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
• n. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
• n. A drumfish.
• n. (slang, Britain) A person's home.
• n. (Australia slang) A tip, a piece of information.
• v. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
• v. (transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
• v. To throb, as the heart.
• v. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used…

membranophone

• n. (music) Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.