tabor, tabour
(noun) a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tabor
A city in Czech Republic t1=Tábor
A city in Slovenia
A surname.
A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor
(Christianity, metonym) The Transfiguration of Jesus
• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tobar, Torba, abort, boart, rabot
tabor (plural tabors)
A small drum.
In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
tabor (third-person singular simple present tabors, present participle taboring, simple past and past participle tabored)
(transitive) To make (a sound) with a tabor.
To strike lightly and frequently.
tabor (plural tabors)
A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
• Barot, Barto, Bator, ORBAT, Tobar, Torba, abort, boart, rabot
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"bor, n. Etym: [OF. tabor, tabour, F. tambour; cf. Pr. tabor, tanbor, Sp. & Pg. tambor, atambor, It. tamburo; all fr. Ar. & Per. tamb a kind of lute, or giutar, or Per. tabir a drum. Cf. Tabouret, Tambour.] (Mus.)
Definition: A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person. [Written also tabour, and taber.]
Ta"bor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabored; p. pr. & vb. n. Taboring.] Etym: [Cf. OF. taborer.] [Written also tabour.]
1. To play on a tabor, or little drum.
2. To strike lightly and frequently.
Ta"bor, v. t.
Definition: To make (a sound) with a tabor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
