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▸ noun: The quantity held by a kettle.
▸ noun: A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
▸ noun: (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
▸ noun: (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
▸ noun: (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
▸ noun: (music) A kettledrum.
▸ noun: An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
▸ noun: (slang) A watch (timepiece).
▸ noun: A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
▸ verb: (originally British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A village in Fife council area, near Cupar in Scotland.
▸ noun: Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”) [A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.]
Similar:
kettleful,
boiler,
tympanum,
timpani,
tympani,
kettledrum,
coffee-kettle,
kettle king,
teakettle,
tea-kettle,
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Types:
electric kettle,
stovetop kettle,
glass kettle,
ceramic kettle,
whistling kettle,
travel kettle,
tekettle,
gooseneck kettle,
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