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timbal

or tym·bal

[ tim-buhl ]

noun

  1. a kettledrum.
  2. Entomology. a vibrating membrane in certain insects, as the cicada.


timbal

/ ˈtɪmbəl /

noun

  1. music a type of kettledrum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of timbal1

1670–80; < French, Middle French timbale, alteration (by association with cymbale cymbal ) of tamballe, itself alteration (by association with tambour drum, tambour ) of Spanish atabal < Arabic al ṭabl the drum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of timbal1

C17: from French timbale, from Old French tamballe, (associated also with cymbale cymbal), from Old Spanish atabal, from Arabic at-tabl the drum
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Example Sentences

Mark Timbal, a spokesperson for the national disaster agency, told reporters the death toll from the quake had been revised down to four from five, but the number of injured had risen to more than 130.

From Reuters

The disaster agency’s spokesman, Mark Cashean Timbal, told The Washington Post that casualty reports were still coming in from local units, “so the count may still change.”

More than 14,000 people may have to be moved temporarily away from the volcano, said Mark Timbal, a spokesman for the government’s disaster-response agency.

Twenty-two fatalities were recorded in Cagayan, 17 in southern Luzon provinces, eight in Metro Manila, and 20 in two other regions, said disaster agency spokesman Mark Timbal.

From Reuters

"Storm surges are imminent on our east coast," Mark Timbal, of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, told local broadcaster ABS-CBN.

From BBC

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