kettle
[ ket-l ]
/ ˈkɛt l /
noun
a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot.
a teakettle.
a kettledrum.
Geology.
kettle hole.
Origin of kettle
before 900; Middle English
ketel < Old Norse
ketill ≪ Latin
catillus, diminutive of
catīnus pot; replacing Old English
cetel, cietel ≪ Latin as above; compare German
Kessel
Words nearby kettle
ketose,
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ketosteroid,
ketoxime,
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kettle,
kettle base,
kettle hat,
kettle hole,
kettle of fish,
kettle stitch
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British Dictionary definitions for kettle
kettle
/ (ˈkɛtəl) /
noun
a metal or plastic container with a handle and spout for boiling water
any of various metal containers for heating liquids, cooking fish, etc
a large metal vessel designed to withstand high temperatures, used in various industrial processes such as refining and brewing
British informal
an enclosed space formed by a police cordon in order to contain people involved in a public demonstration
short for kettle hole
verb
(tr) British informal
(of a police force) to contain (people involved in a public demonstration) in an enclosed space
Word Origin for kettle
C13: from Old Norse
ketill; related to Old English
cietel kettle, Old High German
kezzil; all ultimately from Latin
catillus a little pot, from
catīnus pot
Scientific definitions for kettle
kettle
[ kĕt′l ]
A steep, bowl-shaped hollow in ground once covered by a glacier. Kettles are believed to form when a block of ice left by a glacier becomes covered by sediments and later melts, leaving a hollow. They are usually tens of meters deep and up to tens of kilometers in diameter and often contain surface water.
Idioms and Phrases with kettle
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