n. one of a pair of wooden or ivory instruments that are partly hollowed out. They are held in the hand and clicked together to the rhythms of Spanish dance music.
He wanted to learn how to play the castanets.
He wanted to learn how to play the castanets.
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How do castanets sound?
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3 syllables
cas-ta-nets
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