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

1 sense of tympani

Sense 1
kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani -- (a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it)
       => percussion instrument, percussive instrument -- (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)