kettle

kettle is on the Basic English 850 List.

keep - kettle - key

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĕt'(ə)l, IPA ^(key): /ˈketəl/
• SAMPA: /"ket(@)l/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular kettle

Plural kettles

1. (US) A container for boiling liquids or cooking food.

   William cooked the beans in a kettle.

2. (UK) A container for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.

   Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

3. A pothole.
4. The collective noun for a group of airborne hawks.
5. (rail transport); (slang) A steam locomotive
6. (music) A kettledrum.
7. (geology) A kettle hole.
8. small type boiler

Related words

• a fine kettle of fish
• the pot calling the kettle black