snare drum

noun

A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.

Similar
side drumtamburo piccolosnare
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Meanings

nounsnare drum (plural snare drums)

plural snare drums

  1. A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.

    Synonyms: side drum, tamburo piccolo

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.

Similar
side drumtamburo piccolo

More synonyms by meaning

nouna small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

Similar
snareside drum
Broader
drummembranophonetympan
Also see
side drumsnare

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan caixa clara
  • caixa claratubular drum
Chinese Mandarin 小鼓
  • 小鼓 (xiǎogǔ)tubular drum
Czech malý buben, virbl
  • malý bubentubular drum
  • virbltubular drum
Dutch snarentrom, snaredrum
  • snarentromtubular drum
  • snaredrumtubular drum
Finnish pikkurumpu, virvelirumpu
  • pikkurumputubular drum
  • virvelirumputubular drum
  • virvelitubular drum
French caisse claire
  • caisse clairetubular drum
German kleine Trommel, Schnarrtrommel
  • kleine Trommeltubular drum
  • Schnarrtrommeltubular drum
  • Snaretubular drum
  • Rührtrommeltubular drum
Hungarian pergődob, kisdob
  • pergődobtubular drum
  • kisdobtubular drum
Icelandic sneriltromma
  • sneriltrommatubular drum
Irish sreangdhruma
  • sreangdhrumatubular drum
Italian rullante
  • rullantetubular drum
Japanese スネアドラム
  • スネアドラム (sunea doramu)tubular drum
Korean 작은북, 스네어 드럼
  • 작은북 (jageunbuk)tubular drum
  • 스네어 드럼 (seuneeo deureom)tubular drum
  • 사이드 드럼 (saideu deureom)tubular drum
Norwegian Bokmål skarptromme
  • skarptrommetubular drum
Polish werbel
  • werbeltubular drum
Portuguese caixa
  • caixatubular drum
Russian ма́лый бараба́н
  • ма́лый бараба́н (mályj barabán)tubular drum
Spanish redoblante, caja clara
  • redoblantetubular drum
  • caja claratubular drum
  • tarolatubular drum
  • cajatubular drum
Swedish virveltrumma
  • virveltrummatubular drum
Turkish trampet
  • trampettubular drum
Cite this entry
APA

snare drum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snare%20drum

MLA

“snare drum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snare%20drum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snare drum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snare%20drum.

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