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Definition: Drumhead |
DrumheadAdjective1. Performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice". Noun1. A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "drumhead" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Synonyms: DrumheadSynonyms: summary (adj), head (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Originally, drumheads were made from animal skin. In 1957, Remo Belli began manufacturing drumheads made from Mylar. These plastic drumheads are cheaper, more durable, and less sensitive to weather than animal skin heads, so they are used by a great majority of drummers. Despite the benefits of plastic heads, many timpanists and orchestral percussionists prefer animal (typically calf) skin heads because they tend to produce a warmer, more pleasant sound. Drummers in historical reenactment groups such as fife and drum corps also use animal skin heads for historical accuracy. Skin heads are used on most hand drums, including djembes and congas.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drumhead."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Illegality | Mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law; coup d'etat; le droit du plus fort; argumentum |
Tribunal | Justice seat; judgment seat, mercy seat; woolsack; bar of justice; dock; forum, hustings, bureau, drumhead; jury box, witness box. |
Court martial; drumhead court martial; durbar, divan; Areopagus; Irota. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Drumhead |
| English words defined with "drumhead": Drumhead court-martial ♦ kettle, kettledrum ♦ tambourine, timpani, Trundlehead, tympani, Tympanize, tympanum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "drumhead": PERCUSSION-INSTRUMENT REPAIRER. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "Drumhead J02" (movie) by More ... |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | Jingle; percussion; instrument; chime; chink; chinkle; clamor; clang; clatter; clink; ding; jangle; rattle; reverberate; ring; sound; tingle; tinkle; tintannabulate; drumhead. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Drumhead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Drumhead" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "drumhead": at drumhead. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
drumhead | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "drumhead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кожа на барабан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kùže natažená na buben. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kålhovedhøster (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester), hovedkaal med groenne blade (drumhead cabbage with green leaves, head cabbage with green leaves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sluitkooloogstmachine (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester), sluitkool met groene bladeren (drumhead cabbage with green leaves, head cabbage with green leaves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pikaoikeus (drumhead court martial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | récolteuse de choux pommés (drumhead-cabbage harvester), chou cabus feuilles vertes (drumhead cabbage with green leaves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kopfkohl (drumhead cabbage with green leaves, head cabbage with green leaves), Kohlkopf-Erntemaschine (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεφαλωτή κράμβη με πράσινα φύλλα (drumhead cabbage with green leaves, head cabbage with green leaves), συλλεκτική μηχανή λάχανου (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester), συλλεκτική μηχανή λαχανοκεφαλών (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dobbõr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | raccoglitrice di cavoli cappucci (cabbage-heads harvester, drumhead-cabbage harvester), cavolo cappuccio a foglie verdi (drumhead cabbage with green leaves, head cabbage with green leaves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kione king, eddin ghrummey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umheaddray membrana do tímpano (tympanic membrane). (various references) timpan (drum, eardrum, kettle drum, lunette, tympanum), pielea de pe tobã. (various references) кожа на барабане, дромгед. (various references) membrana na dobošu, bubnju. (various references) cabeza de tambor. (various references) trumskinn. (various references) แผ่นหน้ากลอง. (various references) davul derisi, kulak zarı (drum, eardrum, tympanic membrane, tympanum). (various references) шкіра на барабані, барабанна перетинка (drum, eardrum). (various references) mặt trống. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brassica oleracea var.capitata. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "drumhead": drumheads. (additional references) | |
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"Drumhead" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Brunhead, Drumahoe, Druzhba, dumbhead, trumeau. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "drumhead" (pronounced dru"mhe'd) |
| 3 | -h e' d | Airhead, arrowhead, beachhead, bridgehead, bulkhead, bullhead, copperhead, Deadhead, dragonhead, egghead, figurehead, flathead, Godhead, hardhead, letterhead, Loggerhead, masthead, redhead, skinhead, spearhead, steelhead, thickhead, trailhead, warhead, wellhead, Whitehead. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-h-m-r-u" | |
-2 letters: harmed, madder, mudder, remuda. | |
-3 letters: adder, armed, dared, demur, derma, dread, dream, dured, haded, hared, harem, heard, herma, madre, mudra, mured, readd, rheum, udder. | |
-4 letters: ahem, arum, dame, dare, dead, dear, derm, dram, drum, duad, dude, duma, dura, dure, hade, haed, haem, hame, hard, hare, harm, head, hear, herd, herm, hued, made, mare. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-h-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: drumheads. | |
+3 letters: archdukedom, hardmouthed, hydromedusa. | |
+4 letters: archdukedoms, hydromedusae. | |
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