From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Musiccymbalcym‧bal /ˈsɪmbəl/ noun [countable]APMa musicalinstrument in the form of a thinroundmetalplate, which you play by hitting it with a stick or by hitting two of them together
the clash of cymbalsExamples from the Corpuscymbal• Close by the doorway two boysclashcymbals, hard so they hit together squarely, hollowfull against cupped hollow.• The use of the triangle and fingercymbals is particularly effective against a backdrop of keyboard.• One beat on an hourglass-shaped drum, while the other clashed large cymbals.• But quickly he began banging his blocks like cymbals and lifting his knees in a proud, parade-master fashion.• Praise him with the clash of cymbals.• As we walked down towards the communitycentre they all stopped off somewhere to steal some cymbals.• Beside Demeter when the cymbals sound Enthroned sits Dionysus of the flowinghair.Origincymbal(800-900)Latincymbalum, from Greekkymbalon, from kymbe“bowl”
