WordNet
n. a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
Usage examples of "steel drum".
A couple of miles off to port, a steel drum full of fuel takes off into the sky like a rocket, and disappears.
Two dozen rollers had carried them beneath a revolving steel drum with holes punched in it.
A dozen or more automatic riflesthe soldiers elsewhere in the palaceopened fire on the gatehouse with a sound like wasps in a steel drum.
A dozen or more automatic rifles-the soldiers elsewhere in the palace-opened fire on the gatehouse with a sound like wasps in a steel drum.
Peter brought mineral salts from a big steel drum in the circus store room to Sheila.
If you can imagine yourself inside a steel drum in the middle of a boiler factory with a dozen pneumatic chisels hammering outside, you'll have some idea of what the racket is like once we start up.
Even with the earphone muffs on, it sounded exactly like being in a steel drum in a boiler factory with a dozen pneumatic chisels hammering on the outside.
The merchant went on to admit being the ringleader, and that he and Alex had put Frank in the steel drum.