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Kettle
/ˈkɛ.təl/
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
📖 Definitions of "Kettle"
noun
- 1
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
"There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove."
- 2
The quantity held by a kettle.
- 3
A vessel for boiling water for tea.
"Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea."
- 4
A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
verb
- 1
(of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
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