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

1 sense of rain stick

Sense 1
rain stick -- (a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain)
       => percussion instrument, percussive instrument -- (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)