tympanum   (TTS Sound)

The noun tympanum has 3 senses

• middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum -- (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)


• eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa -- (the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound)


• 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)