Sekirov Dictionary

kettle

/ˈkɛ.təl/

noun 12
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 2

noun12

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A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
- There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
•
A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
- Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
A type of encirclement.
The quantity held by a kettle.
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(figurative) Ellipsis of kettle of fish.
- Well, we're really in a kettle now, aren't we?
•
A group of raptors swirling and spiraling upward as they ride a thermal, especially when migrating.
- a kettle of hawks
A kettledrum.
A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
(slang) A steam locomotive.
A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
(slang) A watch (timepiece).

verb2

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To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
- A couple of the initial pepper spray incidents went viral on YouTube, one showing very young women screaming hysterically while penned—or is the term for this ‘kettled’?—by bright orange police mesh. — 2011
Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

forms

kettled · kettling · kettles

Phrases with kettle

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