Meaning Of The Word Castanets

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castanets
Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers. castanets in American English a pair of small, hollowed pieces of hard wood, ivory, etc., held in the hand by a connecting cord and clicked together with the fingers to beat time to music, esp. in Spanish dances castanets in British English plural noun: curved pieces of hollow wood, usually held between the fingers and thumb and made to click together: used esp by Spanish dancers |
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