|  kettledrum 
  
 
 a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
 • Syn:
 kettle, tympanum, tympani, timpani
 • Derivationally related forms:
 timpanist (for: timpani), tympanist (for: tympani), timpanist (for: tympani), tympanic (for: tympani), tympanist (for: tympanum), timpanist (for: tympanum)
 • Hypernyms:
 percussion instrument, percussive instrument
 
 
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