Maraca definition

Maraca





Home | Index


We love those sites:

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maraca
       n : a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow
           pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb
           and fingers) that are made to click together (as by
           Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance [syn: {bones},
           {castanets}, {clappers}, {finger cymbals}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "maraca":
     battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers,
     crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong,
     handbells, idiophone, lyra, marimba, metallophone,
     orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions,
     percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam,
     tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes,
     vibraphone, xylophone
  
  

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)