drum

noun [C] (CONTAINER)

/drʌm/

Definition

› a large tube-like container: an oil drum a five-gallon plastic drum a drum of radioactive wasteGeneral and miscellaneous containers › the hollow metal cylinder in a washing machine into which clothes and other things are put for washingKitchen appliances

(Definition of drum noun (CONTAINER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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