tympanum tympanī n

1. 1

   drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine

2. 2

   drum, timbrel, tambour, tambourine; timbrel as a figure of something effeminate or enervating

3. 3

   (of things of a like shape):; drum or wheel in machines for raising weights, in water organs, etc.

4. 4

   (of things of a like shape):; triangular area of a pediment

5. 5

   (of things of a like shape):; panel of a door

6. 6

   (of things of a like shape):; part of the clepsydra

   = phellos

7. 7

   eardrum