cabasa
noun
ca·ba·sa
kəˈbäsə
plural -s
: a percussion instrument made of a hollow gourd enclosed in a net of threaded beads for use in a Cuban band
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, from Portuguese cabaça, literally, gourd, from Old Portuguese calabazo; akin to Spanish calabaza gourd, Catalan carbassa
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
- crown and anchor
- crown antler
- crown bird
- crown block
- crown bud
- crown canker
- crown canopy
- crown cap
- crown class
- crown colony
- crown cork
- crown court
- crown daisy
- crown dancers
- crown debt
- crown density
- crown fire
- crown flower
- crown gall
- crown gate
- crown gear
- crown girdler
- crown glass
- crown gold
- crown graft