kettledrum
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- noun
- /ˈkɛtəlˌdrʌm/
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timbal
- The dancer departed; the musicians undertook a new selection with instruments similar to oboe, flute, cello, and kettledrum.
- kettledrum and trumpet
Examples
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On their return to the Botanic Gardens, they had sometimes been hailed by a kettledrum and French horns.
Fiction book (1994) -
Cakes and kettledrums.
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Mr Dick moved as if playing the kettledrums.
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Mr Dick, you look like you're playing the kettledrums.
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I'm a kettledrum
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Governing the use of these signals, and of trumpet and kettledrum practice in general in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire, which in turn influenced use in other countries.
Academic text (2015) -
The dead beating kettledrums, the sackcloth dead slitting a pilgrim's throat.
Fiction book (1992) -
I woke up in the shadowed dark, hands clenched in the bedclothes, heart beating with a force that shook me like the skin of a kettledrum.
Fiction book (1992) -
Reith listened for a moment, puzzled by the plaintive scraping, the thumps of the kettledrum, and the sudden excited trills of the flute.
Fiction book (1993) -
The orchestra featured a kettledrum that added a rich, resonant sound to the performance.
Synonyms
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A hollow cylinder with a tight skin that you hit to make a beat
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Large round drums used in an orchestra that you can tune to different notes
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A large metal drum with a tight skin that you can tune and orchestras play
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A large bowl-shaped drum played with mallets
A single large drum with a bowl shape used in orchestras
A large round drum made of metal with a skin you can tighten to change the sound
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Etymology
Kettledrum comes from the two simple words kettle and drum. A kettle is a metal 'pot', so the name paints a picture of a drum shaped like a metal pot. So, a kettledrum is the large, rounded orchestral drum that you can tune to a musical note.