steelpan
SaySTEEL-panUS/ˈstilˌpæn/UK/ˈstiːlˌpæn/
Pluralsteelpans
- 1A musical instrument made from a metal drum that you play by hitting it with sticks.
Like an upside-down metal bowl that makes different musical notes when you tap different spots.
She bought a steelpan and learned to play it last summer.
The band brought three steelpans onto the stage.
Similarpan
Note
- 2A kind of music played mostly on metal drums from the Caribbean.
Like reggae or salsa, it is a whole kind of music with its own special sound.
We danced all night to steelpan at the festival.
Steelpan is popular across the islands.
Note
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with steelpan, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.
Origin
It comes from joining the words "steel" and "pan".