Usually means: Large drum used in orchestras.
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  1. kettledrum: Merriam-Webster
  2. kettledrum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kettledrum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kettledrum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kettledrum: Vocabulary.com
  6. kettledrum: Wordnik
  7. kettledrum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. kettledrum: Wiktionary
  9. kettledrum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. kettledrum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. kettledrum: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. kettledrum: Dictionary.com
  13. Kettledrum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Kettledrum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. kettledrum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. kettledrum: Rhymezone
  17. Kettledrum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Kettledrum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. kettledrum: FreeDictionary.org
  20. kettledrum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Kettledrum: The Word Detective
  22. kettledrum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. kettledrum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. kettledrum: Encyclopedia

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  1. kettledrum: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

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  1. kettledrum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (music) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.
noun:  (dated) An informal social party at which a light snack is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.

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