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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#m1)

2) (music) A hi-hat is a pair of cymbals on a drum kit worked with the foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x1)
- Clash the cymbals together when I nod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x2)
- Cymbals are part of the percussion section. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x3)
- The noise of the cymbals made the baby jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x4)
- The psalm says, «Praise him with loud cymbals.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x5)
- My little brother wants a drum kit with real cymbals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x6)
- The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/15/)
- [Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2695/)
- [So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.611/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cymbal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cymbal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.