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Kettledrum   Listen
noun
Kettledrum  n.  
1.
(Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are called tympani.
2.
An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.






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Words linked to "Kettledrum" :   kettle, percussion instrument, tympani, timpani, tympanum



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