Drumhead

Word DRUMHEAD
Character 8
Hyphenation drum head
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Drumhead"

What do we mean by drumhead?

The material stretched over one or both ends of a drum. noun

The circular top part of a capstan, used to hold bars for turning. noun

The membrane stretched upon a drum, by striking which the tone is produced. noun

The top part of a capstan, which is pierced with a number of holes to receive the ends of the levers or bars employed to turn it round. See capstan. noun

In anatomy, the membrana tympani. noun

A variety of cabbage having a large rounded or flattened head. noun

The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum. noun

The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan. noun

A summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table. noun

Alternative spelling of drum head. noun

Performed speedily and without formality adjective

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum noun

The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.

A drumhead cabbage.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Drumhead

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The word "drumhead" in example sentences

Preposterous as this contention seemed to Washington, he did not call a drumhead court-martial for the immediate sentence and execution of a spy caught in civilian dress. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

A pea on a drumhead is a restful object in comparison with Watson on that ice-hill. ❋ Various (1873)

Andre got a "drumhead" trial before General Washington. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"drumhead" might be a tree, power pole, fencepost, or a house's siding or metalwork not appreciated by sleeping humans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They all sported the same haircut, the logo on the drumhead and the way they shook their heads when they were singing, even down to their sense of humor and their accent, Cassidy says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The pace subsides as Zeitlin becomes more ruminative; Wilson employs a weirdly eerie wooden flute that he somehow uses against the face of his drumhead and Williams bows in a decidedly ominous way. ❋ Ralph A. Miriello (2011)

The skin roof, stretched tightly as a drumhead, I had thought, sagged and bellied with every gust; and innumerable interstices in the walls, not so tightly stuffed with moss as Maud had supposed, disclosed themselves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"That they can shoot us by drumhead court martial if we refuse?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Evoking the work of minimalist composers like John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mr. Basquiat would run a metal file across guitar strings; Mr. Holman pulled masking tape off a drumhead and rattled ball bearings. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)

If you refused to go into the militia, or to obey after you were in, you would be tried by drumhead court martial and shot down like dogs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many militia officers were murdered, and many militiamen were executed by drumhead court martial. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tom Paine wrote those words on a drumhead, by the light of a campfire. ❋ Harvey J. Kaye (2011)

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