Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun castanets

1 sense of castanets

Sense 1
bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals -- (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)
       => percussion instrument, percussive instrument -- (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)