Kettledrum is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for KETTLEDRUM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it
• a large drum shaped like a bowl, with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across.
• A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
• An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. Drum, n., 4 and 5.
• a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• 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

Words related to KETTLEDRUM

kettledrums18 timpano11

Words that contain KETTLEDRUM

kettledrums18 kettledrummer22 kettledrummers23

How to use KETTLEDRUM in a sentence

• His wife prepared a glorious dinner, and the children ate so much that the skin on their stomachs felt as tight as a kettle-drum.
• My tongue was like leather, my feet like lead, and my heart beating like a kettle-drum.
• They made no use of trumpets or horns, but employed instead the kettledrum, which resounded from all parts of the field when they made their onset.
• The little error in the easy sum, The little slit across the kettle-drum, That makes the instrument not play at all.
• The kettle-drum rumbled like water in a cave, and the chant of the singers wailed, and died, and wailed again.
• Beautiful ladies who gushed at him merely amused him, and received in return some charming compliment or other that rang as hollow as a kettle-drum.
• The clarionet again struck up a note of joy, and was supported by long Arab drums, strings of bells, and a solitary kettle-drum.
• Then came the moment when the orchestra stopped suddenly, and the kettledrum rolled, and the eyes of the audience were fixed upon the Marvel.
• The mode of sacrifice is to slay the victim with certain ceremonies, and with dance movements which are performed by the priest to the accompaniment of a bell or kettle-drum.

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