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kettles

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kettles 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.

kettles noun

  1. A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

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