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单词 steel band
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steel band


noun Music.

a band, native to Trinidad and common in the West Indies, using steel drums cut to various heights and tuned to specific pitches.

Origin of steel band

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby steel band

Stechhelm, stedfast, steed, steek, steel, steel band, steel blue, steel drum, Steele, steel engraving, steel-faced
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Example sentences from the Web for steel band

  • C, 219 is a small block of wood on which a steel-band spring has been screwed to keep the key in its proper place.

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British Dictionary definitions for steel band

steel band

noun

music a type of instrumental band, popular in the Caribbean Islands, consisting mainly of tuned percussion instruments made chiefly from the heads of oil drums, hammered or embossed to obtain different notes
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