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used in the plural 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.

synonyms: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals.

Roget 362: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, ... show more

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Dutch: castagnetten, klepper
Polish: kastaniety


Moby thesaurus: anatomy, appendicular skeleton, ashes, axial skeleton, battery, being, bells, bird cage, body, bosom, breast, cadaver, carcass, carrion, castanets, celesta, chaff, chime, chimes, clappers ... show more.

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