bones
noun
1 bones
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,
earth,
clay;
mummy;
carrion;
food for worms,
food for fishes;
tenement of clay this mortal coil.
shade,
ghost,
manes.
organic remains,
fossils.
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Roget 417:
musical instruments;
band;
string-band,
brass-band;
orchestra;
orchestrina†.
[Stringed instruments],
monochord†,
polychord†;
harp,
lyre,
lute,
archlute†;
mandola†,
mandolin,
mandoline†;
guitar;
zither;
cither†,
cithern†;
gittern†,
rebeck†,
bandurria†,
bandura,
banjo;
bina†,
vina†;
xanorphica†.
viol,
violin,
fiddle,
kit;
viola,
viola d'amore [Fr.],
viola di gamba [It];
tenor,
cremona,
violoncello,
bass;
bass viol,
base viol;
theorbo†,
double base,
contrabasso†,
violone†,
psaltery [Slang];
bow,
fiddlestick†.
piano,
pianoforte;
harpsichord,
clavichord,
clarichord†,
manichord†;
clavier,
spinet,
virginals,
dulcimer,
hurdy-gurdy,
vielle†,
pianino†,
Eolian harp.
[Wind instruments];
organ,
harmonium,
harmoniphon†;
American organ†,
barrel organ,
hand organ;
accordion,
seraphina†,
concertina;
humming top.
flute,
fife,
piccolo,
flageolet;
clarinet,
claronet†;
basset horn,
corno di bassetto [It],
oboe,
hautboy,
cor Anglais [Fr.],
corno Inglese†,
bassoon,
double bassoon,
contrafagotto†,
serpent,
bass clarinet;
bagpipes,
union pipes;
musette,
ocarina,
Pandean pipes;
reed instrument;
sirene†,
pipe,
pitch-pipe;
sourdet†;
whistle,
catcall;
doodlesack†,
harmoniphone†.
horn,
bugle,
cornet,
cornet-a-pistons,
cornopean†,
clarion,
trumpet,
trombone,
ophicleide†;
French horn,
saxophone,
sax [Slang],
buglehorn†,
saxhorn,
flugelhorn†,
althorn†,
helicanhorn†,
posthorn†;
sackbut,
euphonium,
bombardon tuba†.
[Vibrating surfaces]
cymbal,
bell,
gong;
tambour†,
tambourine,
tamborine†;
drum,
tom-tom;
tabor,
tabret†,
tabourine†,
taborin†;
side drum,
kettle drum;
timpani,
tympani†;
tymbal†,
timbrel†,
castanet,
bones;
musical glasses,
musical stones;
harmonica,
sounding-board,
rattle;
tam-tam,
zambomba†.
[Vibrating bars]
reed,
tuning fork,
triangle,
Jew's harp,
musical box,
harmonicon†,
xylophone.
sordine†,
sordet†;
sourdine†,
sourdet†;
mute.
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PERCEPTION OF SOUND
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Dutch: castagnetten, klepper
Polish: kastaniety
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