Entry: tympanum (n.)
In context: "...the big doors whose tympanum overheard is carved with a sword and a plowshare and a syringe and a soup-ladle..."
Definition: A drum or similar instrument, as a tambourine or timbrel (esp. ancient); also, the stretched membrane of a drum, a drum-head.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 713
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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