KETTLEDRUM

Meaning of KETTLEDRUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌdrəm ]

noun

Date: 1602

: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

KETTLEDRUM — timbale
English interlingue dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — noun Date: 1602 a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow brass, copper, or fiberglass hemisphere with a calfskin or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KETTLEDRUM — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow brass or copper hemisphere with a parchment head …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — (n.) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening. Cf. …
Английский словарь Webster
KETTLEDRUM — (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth …
Английский словарь Webster
KETTLEDRUM — ( n. ) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — ( n. ) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — — kettledrummer , n. /ket"l drum'/ , n. a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — n. large percussion instrument with a hemispherical shape
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KETTLEDRUM — noun a drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth …
Webster English vocab
KETTLEDRUM — ■ noun a large drum shaped like a bowl, with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KETTLEDRUM — [ket.tle.drum] n (1602): a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow brass, copper, or fiberglass hemisphere with a calfskin or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KETTLEDRUM — percussion instrument in which a membrane is stretched over a hemispheric or similar-shaped shell and held taut, usually by a …
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLEDRUM — kettledrum BrE AmE ˈket ə l drʌm AmE \ ˈket̬- ▷ kettledrum|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — / ˈketldrʌm; NAmE / noun a large metal drum with a round bottom and a thin plastic top that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — ket ‧ tle ‧ drum /ˈketldrʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large metal drum with a round bottom, used in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KETTLEDRUM — n. a large drum shaped like a bowl with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across. øøkettledrummer …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KETTLEDRUM — n. a large drum shaped like a bowl with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across. kettledrummer …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — n. a large drum shaped like a bowl with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across. Derivatives: …
Oxford English vocab
KETTLEDRUM — ( kettledrums) A kettledrum is a large bowl-shaped drum which can be tuned to play a particular note. = timpani …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — (~s) A ~ is a large bowl-shaped drum which can be tuned to play a particular note. = timpani N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
KETTLEDRUM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do not, however, regard the kettledrums as mere noisemakers. ▪ Military might is evoked through …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KETTLEDRUM — [noun] [C] - a very large drum with a round bottom which is played esp. in an orchestraSee also timpani.
Cambridge English vocab
KETTLEDRUM — Synonyms and related words : bongo drum, conga, drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, jazz stick, kettle, membranophone, side drum, snare, snare …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KETTLEDRUM — n. to play a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
KETTLEDRUM — литавра званый чай (устраиваемый вечером)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUM — Литавры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUM — n 1. литавра 2. шутл. званый чай ( устраиваемый вечером )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KETTLEDRUM — литавра
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KETTLEDRUM — (n) званый чай
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ dr ə m Function: noun Date: 1602 : a percussion instrument that consists of a hollow …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — (0) литавра
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
KETTLEDRUM — n 1. литавра 2. шутл. званый чай ( устраиваемый вечером )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
KETTLEDRUM — n 1. литавра 2. шутл. званый чай ( устраиваемый вечером )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUM — Литавры
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUM — литавра званый чай (устраиваемый вечером)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLEDRUM — литавра
Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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