STEEL DRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steel drum mean? 

• STEEL DRUM (noun)
  The noun STEEL DRUM has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: STEEL DRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEEL DRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steel drum" is a kind of...):

percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)