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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(music, countable) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum made of steel, originally from Trinidad..
Inside, it’s dim and cool, quiet except for some boys up in the loft at the back playing on the steelpan, not really playing seriously, just tapping notes at random, practising rolling the sticks.
Use steel pan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Steel pan means (music, countable) A percussion instrument consisting of a drum made of steel, originally from Trinidad..
Common synonyms include pan, steel drum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Inside, it’s dim and cool, quiet except for some boys up in the loft at the back playing on the steelpan, not really playing seriously, just tapping notes at random, practising rolling the sticks.
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