Meaning & use
castanets
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A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small concave shells, traditionally made of wood, that are clicked together with the fingers.
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The flamenco dancer clicked her castanets in time with the guitar.
He learned to play the castanets as part of his Spanish dance class.
A note on using this word
The word is almost always used in the plural, since the instrument is played as a joined pair.
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