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cymbal

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cymbal /ˈsɪmb(ə)l/

▶noun a musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate which is either struck against another one or struck with a stick.

– derivatives
cymbalist noun.

– origin OE, from L. cymbalum, from Gk kumbalon, from kumbē ‘cup’; readopted in ME from OFr. cymbale.

'cymbal' also found in these Oxford entries:

cembalo - chime - cimbalom - crotale - ride - timbal

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