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Meaning
Noun
●
A
vessel
for
boiling
a
liquid
or
cooking
food, usually
metal
and
equipped
with a lid.
●
The
quantity
held
by a kettle.
●
A
vessel
or
appliance
used to
boil
water for the
preparation
of
hot
beverages
and other foodstuffs.
●
In Geology:
A
kettle hole
, sometimes any pothole.
●
In Ornithology:
A group of
raptors
riding
a
thermal
, especially when migrating.
●
In Rail transportation:
A
steam
locomotive
●
In Musical instruments:
A kettledrum.
●
An
instance
of
kettling
; a group of
protesters
or
rioters
confined
in a
limited
area.
●
A
watch
. Cockney
rhyming slang
from 'kettle and
hob
' to 'fob' (fob
watch
)
●
Alternative form of
kiddle
(“
kind of
fishweir”)
Verb
●
In British English:
To
contain
demonstrators
in a
confined
area.
●
Of a
boiler
: to make a
whistling
sound
like the
boiling
of a
kettle
,
indicative
of various types of fault.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
village
in Fife
council area
,
near
Cupar in Scotland.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
kettle
English
ketel
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Metal
Settle
Gretel
Mettle
Kettle
Fettle
Skettle
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