cymbal

«cymbal» in Mova's school dictionary: a round flat metal plate used as a musical instrument… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cymbal, cymbals)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cymbal is a round flat metal plate used as a musical instrument, hit with a stick or clashed against another cymbal to make a loud ringing crash. tree →

2) (music) A hi-hat is a pair of cymbals on a drum kit worked with the foot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons cymbals belong to the percussion family; in an orchestra or band they make big crashing sounds. In stories, cymbals clash in parades and celebrations; in the Bible (Psalm 150) people praise God with loud cymbals. Phrases: «crash cymbal», «clash the cymbals», «hi-hat cymbal».

examples

• The drummer crashed the cymbal at the end of the song. tree →
• Clash the cymbals together when I nod. tree →
• Cymbals are part of the percussion section. tree →
• The noise of the cymbals made the baby jump. tree →
• The psalm says, «Praise him with loud cymbals.» tree →
• My little brother wants a drum kit with real cymbals. tree →
• The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers. tree →

note

Homophone trap: «cymbal» (music instrument) and «symbol» (a sign, like + or a heart) sound the same. Remember: a cYmbal is played by a drummer — Y like a drumstick. Countable: cymbals.

In the corpora

• Paul wrote that without love a person is only «a clanging cymbal», however great their gifts and knowledge.
• Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.
• So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cymbal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.