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| tam·bour [ tám br ] |
noun (plural tam·bours) |
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1. handicraft embroidery frame: a round frame on which material is stretched while it is being embroidered
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2. handicraft embroidery: embroidery done on a tambour
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3. furniture flexible rolling top of desk: a flexible rolling top of a desk or sliding front of a cabinet, made of thin strips of wood attached to canvas
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4. music military drum: a drum, especially a snare drum
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5. architecture circular wall: a circular wall, especially one supporting a dome
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle tam·boured, present participle tam·bour·ing, 3rd person present singular tam·bours) |
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handicraft embroider design using frame: to embroider something using a round frame
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| [15th century. Via French< Persian tabīra "drum"] |
