kettle
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/ˈkɛ.təl/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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.”
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- A vessel for boiling water for tea.“Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.”
- A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
verb
- (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
noun
- A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
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