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kettledrum

noun

ket·​tle·​drum ˈke-təl-ˌdrəm How to pronounce kettledrum (audio)
: a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow brass, copper, or fiberglass hemisphere with a calfskin or plastic head whose tension can be changed to vary the pitch

Illustration of kettledrum

Illustration of kettledrum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The tape-staticky gourd rattle and kettledrum boom. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018 The women hammered kettledrums and struck a gong suspended from a pagoda. Julie Lasky, New York Times, 4 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of kettledrum was in 1602

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