What does cymbal mean?
Word: Cymbal
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cymbal means a round, thin brass plate that makes a loud ringing crash when it is hit with a stick or banged against another one.
Sounds like: symbol (a sign or picture that stands for something, like + for add)
How do you spell cymbal?
Syllables: cym - bal
Tricky part: Cymbal sounds just like symbol, so children write the wrong word. The instrument starts with c; the sign starts with s.
Watch out for: simbal, symbal
Memory tip: A cymbal goes crash, and crash starts with c. A symbol is a sign, and sign starts with s.
Cymbal in a sentence
Example 1: The drummer hit the cymbal at the end of the song.
Example 2: Luca clashed two cymbals in the school band.
Example 3: The cymbal kept ringing long after it was struck.
Fun Fact
Marching bands often have a player who carries a pair of large cymbals and clashes them together.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
malbcy
a) a sign that stands for an idea
b) a pipe you blow into to make music
c) a large drum played with sticks
d) a brass plate that you clash or hit
Show answer
d) a brass plate that you clash or hit. Malbcy rearranges to cymbal, the ringing brass plate.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
y, a
a) s__mb__l
b) h__mbl__
c) n__mbl__
d) c__mb__l
Show answer
d) c__mb__l. Y and then a give cymbal; symbol needs y and o.
Sound Check
Which of the following words rhymes with cymbal?
a) thimble
b) table
c) tumble
d) camel
Show answer
a) thimble. Thimble and cymbal end with the same sound, imbl.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
cymbal
a) calm
b) climb
c) lamb
d) clam
Show answer
b) climb. Climb needs an i, and cymbal does not have one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where in a school would you find a cymbal?
a) in the music room
b) in the canteen
c) in the science lab
d) in the library
Show answer
a) in the music room
2. What is the quickest way to stop a cymbal from ringing?
a) shake the stand
b) touch its edge
c) blow on it
d) hit it harder
Show answer
b) touch its edge
