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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. 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. 2

    The quantity held by a kettle.

  3. 3

    A vessel for boiling water for tea.

    "Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea."

  4. 4

    A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

verb
  1. 1

    (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

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