drum kit
noun
a set of drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments that one person, typically seated, plays with a pair of drumsticks.
drum set
-
a variation of
drum kit.
Example Sentences
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After arriving home from school, Max headed to the backyard unit to bang on his drum set, Nacho went upstairs to check out his new bedroom and Lupe rode her electric three-wheeler around the driveway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
I don't have a drum set but I really want one.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025
At one point, the teacher asked one of her students, “Do you have a drum set or anything at your house by any chance?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
He used to play in a paint room under the right-field stands at the old Yankee Stadium, where Ron Guidry had left a drum set that Paul O’Neill took over.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
One of his brothers had a drum set, and the Warden okayed PJ.’s owning a large aquarium.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
