While the Chinese may not have invented the abacus, we may have received the modern look of an abacus from China. The First Abacus As far back as the Sumarian culture in Mesopotamia (2700 â 2300 BCE), and possibly before, tools were used for counting.
Noun. 1. snare drum-a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head. side drum, snare. drum, membranophone, tympan-a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
Definition of drum for Students. 1  1 : a musical instrument usually consisting of a metal or wooden round frame with flat ends covered by tightly stretched skin. 2  2 : a tapping sound : a sound of or like a drum the drum of raindrops. 3  3 : an object shaped like a cylinder an oil drum.