cym‧bal /ˈsɪmbəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 800-900; Language: Latin; Origin: cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon, from kymbe 'bowl']
a musical instrument in the form of a thin round metal plate, which you play by hitting it with a stick or by hitting two of them together:
the clash of cymbals

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cymbal
noun
ADJ. clashing, crashing
VERB + CYMBAL clash, hit
CYMBAL + NOUN crash The piece ends with a cymbal crash.
PHRASES a clash/crash of cymbals
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