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What is a kettledrum?

What is a kettledrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
  2. (dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.
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One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum.
At least in the imaginary versions for bass tuba or kettledrum I wager to say that he is right.
He was tall and light-skinned, with a kettledrum chest and the kind of fat stomach that somehow manages to look hard: the body of a tight end.
The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones.
Those who still admire Ezra Pound's pretentious poetry will presumably enjoy listening to him reciting while thumping on a kettledrum.
The carpenter sat beside him with a kettledrum, more literally a kettledrum even than the real thing, for that drum was a kettle!

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