Tambour definition
A drum or drummer.
noun
A rolling front or top for a desk or table, consisting of narrow strips of wood glued to canvas.
noun
A small embroidery frame, usually made of wood or plastic, consisting of two concentric hoops between which fabric is stretched.
noun
Embroidery made on such a frame.
noun
A door, panel, etc., as in a cabinet, consisting of narrow, wooden slats glued to a flexible base, as canvas, that slides in grooves, as around curves.
noun
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An embroidery frame of two closely fitting, concentric hoops that hold the cloth stretched between them.
noun
Embroidery worked on such a frame.
noun
To embroider on a tambour.
verb
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(biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
noun
To do (embroidery) on a frame consisting of two concentric hoops.
verb
To embroider at or on such a frame.
verb
A drum.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
tambour
Plural:
tambours