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drum-shaped

drum-shaped

3.5
Round like a drum with flat top and bottom
  • adjective
  • /drʌm-ʃeɪpt/
translation icon : en forma de tambor
  • The drum-shaped cloud hovered ominously in the sky, its flat base contrasting with the rounded top.

Examples

  • A few steps away was a round drum-shaped stone about a yard high and a couple of yards across.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The artist created a beautiful sculpture that was drum-shaped, resembling a large cylindrical container.

  • Sure enough, in the middle distance, the spidery legs and drum-shaped body glinted in the sunlight.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • At the science fair, she presented a drum-shaped device that efficiently stored energy.

Synonyms

cylindrical
vsdrum-shaped
12 4.0

A long round shape with straight, parallel sides like a tube

is more compact and ends flat rather than simply long
drum-like
vsdrum-shaped
3.7

Having a round shape with straight sides and flat top and bottom

is the strict cylinder form emphasising flat ends over length
tympanic
vsdrum-shaped
8.6

Like a drum in shape or sound

is about the physical shape rather than appearance or sound
cylindric
vsdrum-shaped
7.0

A shape like a round tube that has the same width along its length

is shorter and emphasises flat ends rather than length
barrel-shaped
vsdrum-shaped
4.1

Having a round shape that is wider in the middle like a drum

is straight sided and ends flat rather than bulging in the middle

How Cylindrical

tubular
11 5.1
cylindrical
12 4.0
drum-shaped
3.5
drum-like
3.7

Surface Forms

drum-shaped positive

Morphology

drum-shaped = drum + shape (transparent) = drum + shape + ed

The meaning is directly compositional: something drum-shaped has the shape of a drum.

Etymology

The word drum-shaped comes from drum, the round musical instrument, and the part -shaped, meaning 'having the form of'. So something drum-shaped is 'like a drum', a short round container with flat ends.