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{
"term": "drum",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/mu/music_percussion_instruments.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands.",
"sensetop": "on drums",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **play the drum**"
},
{
"text": "I used to **play drums** in a band."
},
{
"text": "Tony Cox on drums",
"contextForm": "on drums"
},
{
"text": "a slow **drum beat **"
},
{
"text": "There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums."
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bass", "bongo", "electronic"],
"verb + drum": ["bang", "beat", "hit"],
"drum + noun": ["kit", "set", "stick"],
"phrases": ["a roll of drums"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a large container for oil or chemicals that is like a cylinder in shape",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a 50 gallon drum"
},
{
"text": "an oil drum"
},
{
"text": "Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a thing that is like a drum in shape, especially part of a machine",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She’s really banging the drum for the new system."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/drʌm/",
"audio": "dr/drum/drum__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/drʌm/",
"audio": "dr/drum/drum__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin."
}